Health, Quality of Life & Environmental Concerns

• The health and environmental risks of high-power, 6,400-megawatt EMF cables close to homes, businesses, schools and recreation areas are unknown.  

• The Bureau Of Ocean Energy Management’s Environmental Impact Study on Atlantic Offshore Wind identifies a range of risks but hedges about its ability to control these risks. 

• According to reports, the draft environmental impact statement concerning “unavoidable adverse impacts” were apparently not shared with the NJ legislature before they were asked to subsidize the plan with NJ ratepayer and tax dollars. 

• Atlantic Shores’ documents state that export cables will operate at up to 349 milligauss, far above the 4 milligauss level found potentially dangerous in studies. (Milligaus measure magnetic field strength.) 

• Atlantic Shores uses EMF guidelines from the International Commission for Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), which are not widely respected. Reliable sources like the WHO and the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) are preferred.

 

• Under the National Environmental Policy Act, an Environmental Impact Statement is required to outline potential alternatives to a proposed project. No such alternative sites for the onshore landing have been shared with the public. 

 

• Atlantic Shores violates Environmental Justice rights and does not comply with Federal or State laws designed to protect residents from harmful impacts on their beaches, streets, parks, and neighborhoods.

 

• People have a right to complete and accurate information about potential health and environmental impacts of projects being built in their community. Atlantic Shores has not clearly communicated the negative impacts its project will have on public health, safety, welfare, or local economies. It claims to meet the minimum public notice requirements, but the reality is most residents, businesses and local officials know little about the project and its potential impacts.  

 

• Atlantic Shores provides no clear proof that its project will improve regional air quality, reduce carbon emissions enough to impact climate change or protect natural resources. Its justification is primarily to meet New Jersey’s renewable energy mandate, which differs from directly combating climate change.

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Studies link EMF exposure to childhood leukemia, fetal development disorder and central nervous system defects.

​The Institute of Research in Immunology & Cancer and the World Health Organization classified EMF exposure as “possibly carcinogenic. More research needs to be done to assess  the risk”

"12 recent occupational exposure assessments have found that people having frequent EMF exposures have higher Alzheimer's incidence.