RE: “CANCER INCIDENCE NEAR RADIO AND TELEVISION TRANSMITTERS IN GREAT BRITAIN. I. SUTTON COLDFIELD TRANSMITTER; II. ALL HIGH POWER TRANSMITTERS”

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Abstract
Following two earlier studies of hematopoietic and other selected cancers near the Sutton Coldfield television (TV) transmitter in England (Sutton Mast), continuing local concerns prompted a further study in which previous analysis was repeated and more timely cancer data were used. The first study by Dolk et al. (1) found significant declines in risk for adult leukemia, skin cancer, and bladder cancer with distance from the TV transmitter. A second study by Dolk et al. (2), in which 20 TV transmitters (including Sutton Mast) in the United Kingdom were investigated, was unable to replicate the pattern and the extent of the first study. This research letter reports on whether the results of analysis of adult and childhood leukemia around Sutton Mast in which more recent data were used are consistent with the results from these earlier studies.