ABSTRACT
The presentation will review some documented electrostatic aspects of static electricity experienced by people in their modern home and working environment. Modern people experience wide fluctuations in their body voltage in their daily life, ranging over thousands of volts. This electrostatic voltage is the source of widely experienced electrostatic discharge shocks. Various factors influencing this phenomenon will be presented. Although static electricity effects on health are not widely studied or documented, some reported health effects, as well as areas where we might expect effects to occur, will be discussed.
