A very high voltage line deemed responsible for the ills of a farm [17/11/08 - 04H00]
An expropriation judge from the Tulle tribunal de grande instance ordered, on October 28, RTE (a subsidiary of EDF) to pay 390.648 euros for the "direct, material and certain" damage suffered by a farm located along 'a very high voltage line at Latronche (Corrèze).
It is the first time that justice has established a causal link between a very high voltage line and animal health problems. RTE announced Friday that it will appeal. In Latronche, the high voltage line had become in 1990 a very high voltage line. The Marcouyoux family's farm quickly noticed health problems affecting their herds and a technician concluded in 1998 that the animals were overexposed to electromagnetic fields.
The judgment reports that "the pig motherhood has been stopped due to an abnormally low birth rate and a high infant mortality rate", that "the stall shed accommodates puny heifers suffering in part from bleeding or 'unexplained abortions "and that" 10% of the milk is lost "due to diseases suffered by the cows.
Source: http://www.lesechos.fr/patrimoine/famil ... levage.htm
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