Health and Safety

NorthWestern Energy is aware that many people have questions and concerns about Electric & Magnetic Fields (or EMF) associated with large transmission lines.  We have provided links to various credible sources that discuss the issues surrounding EMFs.  If you have additional questions NorthWestern Energy can provide technical assistance.

NorthWestern Energy EMF Report

This document explains EMFs and provides additional sources to access information about EMFs from a variety of worldwide recognized sources on this important subject.

Where You can get Additional Information about EMFs 

 National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences:

www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/emf/

Electric Power Research Institute:

www.epri.com/emf/

The World Health Organization:

www.who.int/peh-emf/en/

The National Cancer Institute:

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/magnetic-fields

The International Agency for Research on Cancer

http://www.iarc.fr/