Electricity / CFL's
Compact Fluorescent light bulbs, commonly known as CFL's, are everywhere, it seems. Governments and Power Utilities are promoting them as a "green initiative" supposedly to help reduce energy consumption. Currently, the use of "regular" incandescent light bulbs is being discouraged and even disallowed, and sales outlets have begun phasing them out of their inventories. Very little has been said about the downside of CFL's. You may wish to be more informed about their biological and environmental effects.
"Dirty Electricity" is a side product of our electrical age, and our enthusiastic use of a generous array of electrical appliances and devices. Electric companies and authorities, electricians and anyone who uses electric current in their homes and businesses, need to become aware of the health impacts of electricity that hasn't been properly grounded or supplied.
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2011
A Ubiquitous Pollutant - Memorandum by Martin Graham
Electronics Research Library
"High frequency voltages present on the electricity power wires in homes, offices, schools and factories should be considered a potential pollutant. An inexpensive and simple to use instrument is described for measuring these voltages.
"The lack of connection between the human data and the experimental data
(animal and mechanistic) severely complicates the interpretation of these results.
The human data are in the "right" species, are tied to "real life" exposures and
show some consistency that is difficult to ignore. This assessment is tempered by
the observation that given the weak magnitude of these increased risks, some
other factor of common source of error could explain these findings. However, no
consistent explanation other than exposure to ELF-EMF has been identified."
"This report suggests that the "some other factor" is high frequency currents, i.e.,
much higher frequency than the power line frequency. High frequency voltage
can cause currents to flow in humans by direct contact, or by capacitive
coupling capacitive coupling. The effects on humans will depend on the
magnitude, wave form, duration, and path taken through the body. The voltage
causing these currents should be considered a pollutant.
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