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Dirty Electricity Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization

Samuel Milham MD MPH

Dr. Samuel Milham 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 Pandoras Box of unimaginable illness and death.

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It was mentioned that Ben Franklin wrote this book about electricity, and it was internationally renowned due to his experiments with electricity.

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It's fun to look back at our founding fathers and the scientific literacy expressed by Thomas Jefferson and especially by Ben Franklin. He wrote a book called Scientific Researchers into Electricity a...

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It was mentioned that Ben Franklin wrote this book about electricity, and it was internationally renowned due to his experiments with electricity.

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It's fun to look back at our founding fathers and the scientific literacy expressed by Thomas Jefferson and especially by Ben Franklin. He wrote a book called Scientific Researchers into Electricity and it was known internationally for his experiments learning about this new thing called electricity.

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