S60/80 and V70 might have caused leukemia
I was wondering,…respecting a Volvo for years and something that made me angry, probably others as well, but mostly those who use previous Volvos. (till-2002 models)
News dated 14.02.2002., Kjell Hansen Mild, professor and researcher at Swedish national institute,specializing about working environments in working spaces, presented a very compelling report.
Suggesting because Volvo S60/80 and V70 keep their battery behind which is very rare in general,due to requirement of cables that travel to the front control center, thus creating considerable (as many times then normal/allowed)), potential and no less, very dangerous magnetic fields.
He also suggested, that particularly prone to this are pregnant women as well as children.
Once this emerged to the medical and auto press, some even claimed (this be speculation,only),that those fields are 80% then allowed by present regulations.
It was also suggested that apparently Volvo had knowledge of this anomaly even since 1997., did nothing to resolve this in simpler manner of just placing the battery in front which would according to professor Mild reduce this field to acceptable values.
Volvo then implied that this be all fabrications and no study could verify this claims.
Then professor Mild emphasized that normal value of allowed field
in normal working conditions in workspace is 0.2 micro-tesla, while
models S60/80 and V70 have 12-18 micro-tesla.
WHO (World health organization) has classified magnetic fields among
potentially cancerous.
To end of this, it is still very interesting that Volvo while claiming how this is not dangerous (it’s he said/she said), still silently but still available to press…he has insulated all battery cable three or more times then they were before.
Now as said offering several times more protection.
Very strange if this was not dangerous in the first place
One does wonder, would this ever happen if professor Mild or someone else didn’t brought this to light of public ears and press. I think owners are safer now.
What do you make of this?