Here are summaries for select studies on Dirty Electricity impacts.

Power quality affects teacher wellbeing & student behavior in three schools Dirty electricity was reduced by more than 90% in the 3 schools. During this period teacher health improved as did student behavior. Headaches, general weakness, dry eyes/mouth, facial flushing, asthma, skin irritations, overall mood, including depression and anxiety improved significantly among staff.

A New Electromagnetic Exposure Metric: High Frequency Voltage Transients Associated with Increased Cancer Incidence. The cancer incidence in the teachers at this school is unusually high and is strongly associated with high frequency voltage transients (dirty electricity), which may be a universal carcinogen, similar to ionizing radiation.

Dirty electricity, chronic stress, neurotransmitters and disease.Dirty electricity has been associated with cancer, diabetes and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in humans. Epidemiological evidence also links dirty electricity to cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and suicide. Neurotransmitters may be biomarkers for dirty electricity. “We believe that dirty electricity is a chronic stressor of electrified populations and is responsible for many of their disease patterns.”

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REFERENCES and Terms

  • Havas, M, Olstad, A. “Power quality affects teacher wellbeing and student behavior in  three Minnesota Schools; Science Total Environment. 2008 Sep 1; 402 (2-3):157-62. Doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.046. Epub 2008 Jun 16.
  • Milham, S, Morgan L. L., “A New Electromagnetic Exposure Metric: High Frequency  Voltage Transients Associated with Increased Cancer Incidence in Teachers in a California  School” American Journal of Industrial Medicine (2008).
  • Chaotic Electrical Energy – non-sinusoidal, or non-continuous waveforms. (i.e. modulated wave forms, pulsed frequencies, alternating current (AC) and electromagnetic  interference (EMI) also referred to as dirty electricity. There is evidence that the innate  immune system perceives non-sinusoidal waveforms as foreign invaders. Dr. Olle  Johansson’s section in the BioInitiative Report (4) points to the proliferation of mast cells triggered by modulated electromagnetic fields (EMF). The innate immune system then  mounts an inflammatory response, which includes the release of cytokines and histamines.
  • Carpenter DO, Sage C, Behari J, Xu, Lai H, Blank M, Johansson O, Grigoriev Y,  Salford L, Carlberg et al CV, et al “BioInitiative 2012, A Rationale for Biologically-based  Exposure Standards for Low-Intensity Electromagnetic Radiation”;http://www.bioinitiative.org/table-of-contents/
  • Glaser, ZR. “Bibliography of Reported Biological Phenomena (Effects) and Clinical  Manifestations Attributed to Microwave and Radio-Frequency Radiation”; Naval Medical  Research Institute, Oct 1971; http://www.magdahavas.com/wordpress/wp content/uploads/2010/06/Navy_Radiowave_Brief.pdf
  • Pacher P1, Beckman JS, Liaudet L. Nitric oxide and peroxynitrite in health and disease. Physiol Rev. 2007 Jan; 87(1):315-424. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2248324/
  • Lear, Richard A. “A New Era of Disease in America and what’s behind it.” ResearchGate,  Aug 2017 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/319288113_A_New_Era_of_Chronic_Disease _in_America_and_what%27s_behind_it
  • Havas M. Electromagnetic hypersensitivity: biological effects of dirty electricity with  emphasis on diabetes and multiple sclerosis. Electromagn Biol Med 2006b; 25:259–68.
  • Havas M. Dirty electricity: an invisible pollutant in schools. Feature Article for Forum  Magazine, OSSTF, Fall 2006; 2006a.
  • Lear, Richard A. “Root Cause in the Dramatic Rise of Chronic Disease.” ResearchGate 2016/18
  • Pall, Martin L. “Electromagnetic fields act via activation of voltage-gated calcium channels  to produce beneficial or adverse effects.” J Cell Mol Med. 2013 Aug; 17(8): 958–965.  (12)Johansson, O. Evidence for Effects on the Immune System
  • Olle Johansson, PhD, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden  (2012)
  • Bergman, W  Effect of Microwaves on the Central Nervous System Bergman, W. (Translation by the Ford Motor Company) (1965)
  • Lai, Henry, Research Professor at University of Washington Studies on oxidative stress effect of radiofrequency radiation.
  • Lai, H Genetic Effects of Nonionizing Electromagnetic Fields Henry Lai, PhD, Professor; University of Washington, Emeritus (2014)