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Testicular abnormalities, atypical sperm, chromosomal aberrations and offspring congenital defects have all been linked to paternal exposure.” Fathers employed in industries with higher than average EMF exposure have also been noted to have offspring with higher rates of brain and spinal cord tumours.” Testicular abnormalities, atypical sperm, teachers at a middle school in California. Even though chromosomal aberrations and offspring congenital — the school district administration had refused a number defects have all been linked to paternal exposure.” of requests for these men to assist in the evaluation of Fathers employed in industries with higher than average __ this cluster, which involved nearly three times more EMF exposure have also been noted to have offspring cancers than the average, one teacher invited these with higher rates of brain and spinal cord tumours.”! researchers to visit the school after hours to take measurements of the electrical environment, which they The Perils of Dirty Electricity did at their own expense. When the researchers Any harmful EMFs can be classed as “dirty"—to put reported their findings to the Superintendent of into common idiom the scientific and technical Schools, Dr Milham was threatened with prosecution for language that accompanies this public health issue— — “unlawful...trespass" and the teacher who had invited yet there is another facet of electricity, termed "dirty them into the school received a letter of reprimand. The electricity", that is now seen as even more of a threat to _ teachers then filed a California OSHA (Occupational our health than the electromagnetic fields mentioned Safety Health Administration) complaint, which above. It is not only the fields from power lines and ultimately led to the progressive California Department substations that can be a concern; dirty electricity is | of Health Services (CDHS) becoming involved. The running through virtually every building on the planet. | CDHS measured the different facets of the electrical An even more prevalent and insidious agent, this environment and provided Milham and Morgan with the secretive and subtle underlying data, which showed that dirty menace is in all probability one electricity—"transients", which cause of pe dramatic increase Dirty electricity is in Aa a en in many illnesses and cancers. . Lae —_ Dr Sam Milham stated in virtually every building, involved. Finally, this was a study that was conducted with the highest integrity, able to break through the red tape and politics that usually accompany the problem of harmful electrical environments. Of immense importance, Milham and Morgan commented that transients may be a universal 2008: "Very recently, new whether it be our homes, research is suggesting that nearly all the human plagues schools, workplaces or which emerged in the twentieth ‘ _ "al century, like common acute hospitals. Energy efficient lymphoblastic leukemia in| — appliances and equipment children, female breast cancer, A malignant. melanoma and| af amongst the culprits... asthma, can be tied to some facet of our use of electricity. carcinogen similar to ionising There is an urgent need for governments and individuals _ radiation,” an already established cause of cancer. to take steps to minimize community and personal EMF The only two published studies relating to dirty exposures."” electricity—Armstrong et al. 1994 study and the In 1994, the B Armstrong et al. study relating to dirty © Milham-Morgan study—both show very positive electricity was published.” However, it was not until increases in cancer risk with increasing cumulative 2005, when Dr Sam Milham and electrical engineer exposure to transients. Lloyd Morgan came out of retirement due to their What is of critical importance is that the cancer risks concern over a cancer cluster, that information worthy of | at the school in California were comparable to the creating a paradigm shift finally began to emerge, with = smoking-lung cancer risk. Of no surprise, breast cancer he results having serious implications for all of us. cases were reported in this cluster along with several (These brave researchers had honourable intentions other cancers including colon cancers, uterine cancers and impressive credentials.“ Dr Sam Milham in 1982 and malignant melanomas. Artificially created EM was the first to link workers exposed to EMFs with radiation (EMR) is a determinant in the development of igher rates of leukaemia. Lloyd Morgan, a brain malignant melanoma, an increasingly prevalent cancer umour survivor and a director of the Central Brain that was uncommon until around 50 years ago.” Tumor Registry of the United States (CBTRUS), In fact, research on EMFs has been conducted for over introduced the Benign Brain Tumor Registries 50 years in Russia,?’ and the newer research on dirty Amendment Act into US Congress that became law in _ electricity has been carried out by Russian experts in 2002. Along with breast cancer, leukaemia and diseases conjunction with scientists and electrical engineers of the central nervous system, brain tumours are among from the United States, Canada, Kazakhstan and the the diseases that are more prominent in this health Ukraine.’ Kazakhstan has already swiftly mandated issue.) protection against dirty electricity in industrial The researchers were responding to alarm over a __ situations,” a model which should be implemented in cluster of 18 cancers reported in 2003 among the 137 __ all countries across the globe. Dirty electricity is in virtually every building, whether it be our homes, 2008: schools, workplaces or hospitals. Energy-efficient appliances and equipment are amongst the culprits... exposure to transients. What is of critical importance is that the cancer risks at the school in California were comparable to the smoking-lung cancer risk. Of no surprise, breast cancer cases were reported in this cluster along with several other cancers including colon cancers, uterine cancers and malignant melanomas. Artificially created EM radiation (EMR) is a determinant in the development of malignant melanoma, an increasingly prevalent cancer that was uncommon until around 50 years ago.” In fact, research on EMFs has been conducted for over 50 years in Russia,” and the newer research on dirty electricity has been carried out by Russian experts in conjunction with scientists and electrical engineers from the United States, Canada, Kazakhstan and the Ukraine.” Kazakhstan has already swiftly mandated protection against dirty electricity in industrial situations,” a model which should be implemented in all countries across the globe. 22 * NEXUS OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2009 www.nexusmagazine.com