multiple sclerosis

These case studies and anecdotal reports suggest that dirty electricity is biologically active. Once dirty electricity is reduced, people's health improves. For some it is reflected in more normal blood sugar levels, for others symptoms of MS are reduced, and for still others tinnitus disappears and behavior resembling ADD/ADHD improves. Since dirty electricity is becoming ubiquitous large fractions of the population are being exposed to this pollutant and some are being adversely affected.

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Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Biological Effects of Dirty Electricity with Emphasis on Diabetes and Multiple Sclerosis

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Written By MAGDA HAVAS, Environmental and Resource Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Poor power quality, also known as dirty electricity, has been a concern for the electric utility for decades. Dirty electricity refers to electromagnetic energy that flows along a conductor and deviates from a pure 60-Hz sine wave (Figure 1). It has both harmonic and non harmonic (transient) components and emerged as a problem

One teacher in the Wisconsin school that was filtered had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). She was extremely tired, had double vision, had cognitive difficulties and could not remember the names of the students in her 4th grade class. Her health would improve during the summer but her symptoms returned in September. She assumed her problems were mold-related but her symptoms did not improve after the mold was removed from the school. Once the school was filtered her symptoms disappeared. Similar stories

Please note that the author has no vested interest, financial or otherwise, in the commercial devices discussed in this article

This table summerizes symptoms of radio wave sickness, as reported by Firstenberg, 2001

Symptoms of radio wave sickness first documented among radar workers during the Second World War resemble those now associated with electromagnetic hypersensitivity

Neurological: Headaches, dizziness, nausea, difficulty concentrating, memory loss, irritability, depression, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, weakness, tremors, muscle

Most of the research on the biological effects of nonionizing radiation is done at one

of two frequency ranges: extremely low frequency (ELF) associated with electricity

(50/60 Hz) and radio frequency (RF) associated with wireless telecommunication

GS filters have been placed in homes, offices, and schools. People report having better sleep, more energy, and less pain. They document cognitive improvements in memory and concentration. Symptoms of radio wave sickness or electrical hypersensitivity (Table 1) are often reduced or eliminated in the filtered environment.

World Health Organization Workshop on Electrical Hypersensitivity, 25-26 October, 2004, Prague, Czech Republic.

Dirty Electricity and Electrical Hypersensitivity: Five Case Studies

By Magda Havas(1) and David Stetzer(2)

(1)Environmental & Resource Studies, Trent University, Peterborough, ON, K9J 7B8, Canada; mhavas@trentu.ca

(2)Stetzer Electric Inc., 520 West Broadway St., Blair, WI 54616, USA; dave@stetzerelectric.com