Cancer and Dirty Electricity

Evidence is mounting that electromagnetic fields (EMFs) associated with electricity are contributing to an increase in cancer rates and cancer clusters. A majority of the research in this area has focused, until recently, on the health impacts of the 60Hz magnetic fields associated with the normal current flowing through electrical wires. These magnetic fields have been linked to a variety of cancers, including childhood leukemia, brain tumors, and breast cancer, among others.

Now there is evidence that dirty electricity (high frequency voltage transients) may also cause cancer. While research on cancer and dirty electricity is still relatively new, the results are startling. Of particular interest is a study by Dr. Samuel Milham, a noted physician-epidemiologist and author of Dirty Electricity: Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization, and Lloyd Morgan, a retired electronic engineer who has dedicated his life to researching health effects of exposure to EMFs and raising public awareness about this serious health issue. In their study, Milham and Morgan researched a cancer cluster at La Quinta Middle School in California.

The school first opened in 1988 and was incorporated into a new building in 1990. By 2005, 16 staff members among the 137 who had ever worked at the school had been diagnosed with 18 different cancers, a rate nearly 3 times higher than expected. These cancers included:

• Melanoma (a particularly dangerous form of skin cancer)
• Thyroid cancer
• Uterine cancer
• Breast cancer
• Colon cancer
• Pancreatic cancer
• Ovarian cancer
• Larynx cancer
• Lymphoma
• Multiple myeloma

About a dozen cancers have also been detected among former students of the school.

In analyzing the environment of the school, Milham and Morgan discovered that dirty electricity levels in the building were very high. Through careful analysis of teacher data, as well as data on levels of dirty electricity in the classrooms and on general population cancer rates, they determined there was a positive correlation between dirty electricity and the incidence of cancer at La Quinta Middle School. More specifically, they determined that 64% of the cancers at the school could be attributed to dirty electricity, a very high proportion for any occupational study. Interestingly, they discovered that the 60Hz magnetic fields present at the school showed no association with cancer incidence. It was the dirty electricity (high frequency voltage transients) present in the building that seemed to present a problem.

Findings like these suggest that reducing dirty electricity in places where you spend significant time (e.g., home, school, work) may be one important strategy for lowering your risk of developing cancer. The findings also point to the need for further research about cancer and dirty electricity.

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