What is Electrical Pollution, Dirty Power or Stray Voltage

One of the most potent contaminants is radio-frequency radiation. Of particular concern is the high-frequency current created by computers and other electronic devices, which is often referred to as“dirty current, stray voltage, electrical pollution or dirty power.” This current is created by numerous devices and is conducted nearly everywhere. The wiring in buildings then acts as a carrier for these frequencies. People are simply surrounded by electrical devices – computers, VCRs and a plethora of household gadgets and consumer appliances.

There is also the assumption that the electricity (and associated electrical phenomena) is safely confined to the wires carrying electricity and to the electrical devices themselves. For a variety of reasons, including the very design of the electrical distribution system, this assumption is no longer valid. Electricity is a trusted component of contemporary civilization. Few notice the poles, wires, substations and transformers that deliver electricity. Fewer still pay any attention to the hidden lattice of wires in the walls of homes, offices, churches, factories and schools. Yet all contribute to an increasingly dangerous electrical environment that has largely escaped systematic monitoring. The increased demand for electricity and the proliferation of computers and other electronic devices have markedly increased our exposure to electrical phenomena.

These phenomena are a ubiquitous presence in our lives, albeit invisible and odorless. There is the widespread (and mistaken) assumption that our electrical environment has been carefully studied and monitored and, save for a few exceptions, found to be harmless. The truth is that millions of people live and work in environments that subject them to a variety of harmful electric phenomena. The health effects of electrical pollution is prevalent outdoors as well as radio tower, cell tower and microwave tower antenae silently and insidiously assault those who play and work nearby. In other words, the wires that deliver electricity have also become conduits for deadly high-frequency radiation, a form of electrical pollution that has largely escaped attention by the medical community.

The increased prevalence of this radiofrequency current has coincided with an alarming increase in the presence of ailments such as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, attention deficit disorder, diabetes and asthma. Innumerable studies have shown there is no “safe” level of exposure to radio-frequency current, which now routinely flows through the wiring of homes, schools and offices. It is a deadly “byproduct” of our electronic age. Pervasive and deadly electrical pollution is indiscriminate. It affects young and old, women and men, mothers and infants, the rich and poor, secretaries and farmers, doctors and lawyers, factory workers and scientists. Until its unsuspecting victims take action to reduce their exposure, symptoms worsen. There is no relief, no cure, no hope. Lives become a numbing maelstrom of despair and a desperate attempt to alleviate symptoms.

The harmful biological effects of exposure to electrical pollution have been established in numerous studies conducted during the past 50 years. Several countries have established this as well. ‘I have no doubt in my mind that at the present time that the greatest polluting element in the earth's environment is the proliferation of electromagnetic fields. I consider that to be far greater on a global scale than warming...‘ Robert O. Becker, M. D., Author of Cross Currents and The Body Electric:

Pure Power Canada can detect and measure for sources of dirty power and advise on affordable, cost effective ways of mitigating your exposure to it.

For further information regarding Electrical Pollution or for a residential, workplace or office inspection and consultation please contact us at purepower@purepowercanada.ca or (519) 719 - 0287 or (519) 451 - 5924.

Why bother? The July 5, 1999 issue of Fortune (industrial issue) states that "Dirty power costs U.S. industry anywhere from $4 billion to $6 billion a year, according to Karl Stahlkopf, a vice president at the utility financed Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)." Due to insufficient isolation between the phase wires and the primary neutral, "cleaning up" the power returning to the utilities will "clean up" the power coming from the utilities. "Cleaner" power can pay great dividends by extending equipment lifetime and reducing down time. Furthermore, "cleaner" power would reduce human and animal exposure to high frequencies, thereby reducing the incidence and severity of symptoms of radio wave sickness, leading to a healthier more productive future.