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After reading a theory that electricians have a higher suicide rate because of their exposure to strong electromagnetic fields, researchers in Sweden decided to find out for sure. Sure enough, there was a difference: “the risk of suicide among electricians is clearly lower than for a group of construction workers [or for] Swedish men in general,” says the study by Umea University. (Reuters) ...Next they’ll study plumbers, per the theory they suffer severe embarrassment over their inability to wear belts.