ALMOST without exception, scientists and policy makers agree that hybrid vehicles are good for the planet. To a small but insistent group of skeptics, however, there is another, more immediate question: Are hybrids healthy for drivers? There is a legitimate scientific reason for raising the issue. The flow of electrical current to the motor that moves a hybrid vehicle at low speeds (and assists the gasoline engine on the highway) produces magnetic fields, which some studies have associated with serious health matters, including a possible risk of leukemia among children.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/hybrid-vehicles-may-not-be-healthy-drivers
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/financial-express-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cancer
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/hybrid-electric
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/radiation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/battery-vehicles