Dirty Electricity: Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization

About this book

When Thomas Edison began wiring New York City with a direct current electricity distribution system in the 1880s he gave humankind the magic of electric light heat and power; in the process though he inadvertently opened a Pandoras Box of unimaginable illness and death. Dirty Electricity tells the story of Dr. Samuel Milham the scientist who first alerted the world about the frightening link between occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields and human disease. Milham takes readers through his early years and education following the twisting path that led to his discovery that most of the twentieth century diseases of civilization including cancer cardiovascular disease diabetes and suicide are caused by electromagnetic field exposure. Dr. Milham warns that because of the recent proliferation of radio frequency radiation from cell phones and towers terrestrial antennas Wi-Fi and Wi-max systems broadband internet over power lines and personal electronic equipment we may be facing a looming epidemic of morbidity and mortality. In Dirty Electricity he reveals the steps we must take personally and as a society to coexist with this marvelous but dangerous technology.