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# Residing near AM radio transmitters raises leukemia risk
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/am_radio_transmitters_raises_leukemia_risk_1112161148/
- Published: 2016-11-12T12:48:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T14:41:35.000Z
- Description: A Korean study reports that children living within 2 km of an AM radio transmitter had double the odds of leukemia of all types compared with those more than 20 km away. Radiofrequency exposure from the transmitters was not associated with brain cancer or infantile cancer.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Environment, Health News, #vivvo-import

Living near an AM radio transmitter can increase all sorts of leukemia, according to a Korean study.The study shows that the odds for all types of leukemia was doubled among children who resided within 2 km of an AM radio transmitter, compared to those living more than 20 km from any AM radio transmitter.Exposure to radiofrequency radiation from AM transmitters was not associated with risk of brain cancer and infantile cancer. (David Liu) [*Mina Ha, Hyoungjune Im, Mihye Lee, Hyun Joo Kim, Byung-Chan Kim, Yoon-Myoung Gimm and Jeong-Ki Pack, Radio-Frequency Radiation Exposure from AM Radio Transmitters and Childhood Leukemia and Brain Cancer, American Journal of Epidemiology, 2007.*](http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/166/3/270.short?ref=foodconsumer.org)At least [one other study](https://www.foodconsumer.org/radio%5Ftv%5Ftowers%5Flinked%5Fto%5Fincreased%5Frisk%5Fof%5Fmelanoma%5F0725160634/) finds a link between exposure to RFR from radio towers and elevated risk of melanoma.