Dirty electricity, chronic stress, neurotransmitters and disease

Abstract

Dirty electricity, also called electrical pollution, is high-frequency voltage transients riding along the 50 or 60 Hz electricity provided by the electric utilities. It is generated by arcing, by sparking and by any device that interrupts current flow, especially switching power supplies. It has been associated with cancer, diabetes and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in humans. Epidemiological evidence also links dirty electricity to most of the diseases of civilization including cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and suicide, beginning at the turn of the twentieth century. The dirty electricity level in a public library was reduced from over 10 000 Graham/Stetzer (G/S) units to below 50 G/S units by installing plug-in capacitive filters. Before cleanup, the urinary dopamine level of only one of seven volunteers was within normal levels, while four of seven phenylethylamine levels were normal. After an initial decline, over the next 18 weeks the dopamine levels gradually increased to an average of over 215 μg/g creatinine, which is well above 170 μg/g creatinine, the high normal level for the lab. Average phenylethylamine levels also rose gradually to slightly above 70 μg/g creatinine, the high normal level for the lab. Neurotransmitters may be biomarkers for dirty electricity and other electromagnetic field exposures. We believe that dirty electricity is a chronic stressor of electrified populations and is responsible for many of their disease patterns.

Keywords::

• biomarkers
• capacitive filters
• catecholamines
• chronic stress
• dirty electricity
• diseases of civilization
• dopamine
• phenylethylamine

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Acknowledgements

We wish to thank the Olympia Timberland Library staff and library director Cheryl Heywood for their help and participation. A small grant from Professor Martin Graham paid for the filters and lab tests. We donated our time, project travel and measuring equipment.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.