When Thomas Edison began wiring New York City with a direct current electricity distribution system in the 1880s he gave humankind the magic of electric light heat and power in the process though he inadvertently opened a Pandoraampamprsquos Box of unimaginable illness and death.Dirty Electricity tells the story of Dr. Samuel Milham the scientist who first alerted the world about the frightening link between occupational exposure to electromagnetic fields and human disease. Milham takes readers through his early years and education following the twisting path that led to his discovery that most of the twentieth century diseases of civilization including cancer cardiovascular disease diabetes and suicide are caused by electromagnetic field exposure.In the second edition he explains how electrical exposure does its damage and how electricity is causingampampnbsp our current epidemics of asthma diabetes and obesity.Dr.