Not everyone is highly sensitive to these types of EMR, but if you are sensitive, or you simply want to reduce your own and your family’s exposure to safe levels, below are some general, simple steps that you can follow:
Clean up the bedroom first. If a smart meter or the main electrical panel or sub panel is on a bedroom wall, move to another room for sleeping right away or at least move the bed to another wall. We can help with indicating hot spots and safe spots in every room of your house.
In general, it is beneficial to unplug as much as possible in the bedroom, including all extension cords. Use a battery operated clock on your nightstand a few feet away from your head. Eliminate electric blankets and look into certified organic wool comforters.
Smart meters emit microwaves and should be avoided if possible. Most of the new meters are wireless two-way transmitters that pulse signals to communicate continuously between your home and the utility company. Although it is difficult to shield a home interior from smart meter emissions completely, special filters can be installed by us. We can test before and after for safest results.
New appliances, such as dishwashers, central forced air heating and AC units plus washing machines are now made to communicate with smart meters utilizing a chip installed within the appliance. If you are EMR sensitive look into non smart appliances.
Dimmer switches should be replaced with regular on/off switches. Shut off dimmer switches completely during sleep hours using the switch option, rather than just dimming them down all the way. We can also replace rheostat dimmers with the type that has an on/off switch as well as a slider.
I-Pads, laptops & other tablets are like smart phones—they are always emitting high levels of EMR with an extensive radius. Here are steps you can take to reduce exposure: Keep the tablet off or in airplane mode during sleeping hours or until you need to use it. Otherwise, like smart phones, all tablets & laptops in standby mode emit very high levels of EMR within a radius of ten to fifteen feet.
For absolute best protection, especially if you are EMR sensitive, eliminate Wi-Fi completely, we can hardwire your TV's, computers or I-pads connections with an Ethernet cable. Cat 6 cables works best because they are shielded. The added bonus is that the speed is much faster and more efficient. If you choose to use Wi-Fi at least disconnect your wireless router during sleeping hours or put it on a timer.
Unfortunately, unless you convert over to wired Ethernet connections in your home, you cannot avoid exposure to high levels of radio frequency EMF’s from Wi-Fi, anywhere in the home you can connect to the Internet. However, in general for the average person who is not electrically sensitive, if the signal on your computer is too weak to connect to the Internet then the Wi-Fi levels may be low enough to be safe. However, for the electrically sensitive, even very low levels of Wi-Fi may cause electrical sensitivity symptoms.
We suggest that the router is placed as far from your body as possible in your home or office (at least ten feet), including your desk, or anywhere else in the home or office that you spend time. If you use a laptop or desktop computer on Wi-Fi, not only is the router a radiating source but so is the computer. This is why it is essential that we turn off the router and the computer completely during sleep hours.
Keep your landline. The best protection from RF EMR from cell phones is to use your landline, turn off your cell, and talk on corded phones while at home. Try to eliminate cordless phones that are labeled as “DECT” or “Gigahertz.” Like smart phones, these put out a digital pulsed microwave frequency, and they emit and pollute your home continuously whether you’re talking or not. They should be completely removed from the home. The safest option is wired phones. If you must talk on a cordless phone, purchase a 900-megahertz model and limit your conversations.
Baby monitors labeled DECT or Gigahertz should be eliminated. If you must use a wireless baby monitor, purchase a 900-megahertz model. But even older style 900-megahertz models emit some radio frequency EMR. The safest solution for your baby is to avoid all wireless monitors. Instead, find an old-fashioned wired type on the internet, or we can wire up a webcam to your computer that is on a wired, Ethernet (not wireless) connection.
An organic mattress. Scientists have not yet conducted large-scale studies regarding health effects of metal in bedsprings and bed frames. However, preliminary research suggests there are problems concerning metal in beds: metal can concentrate and radiate a variety of EMR from other sources, metal can become permanently magnetized. Natural latex can replace your inner spring mattress and a box spring made with natural latex and certified organic wool batting is an option, or a mattress filled with only certified organic wool batting or certified organic felted wool would also work well.
If you are EMR sensitive, we can experiment with turning off certain breakers in the electrical service panel during sleeping hours (except for the breakers that provides electricity to your refrigerator and furnace / AC). We can try this for a week or two to see if it makes a difference in your sleep and health.
Daytime EMR reduction, we suggest eliminating compact and fluorescent bulbs from the home. We recommend replacing fluorescent bulbs with good quality LED bulbs. Many LED bulbs, like CFLs, emit dirty electricity EMR, we can help by looking at the detailed specifications for specific LED bulbs, we source bulbs with the Lowest THD (total harmonic distortion) as close as possible to 3%, which is hospital grade, with a power factor as close to 1 as possible. These specifications are often not listed on the package.
Keep office ceiling fluorescent lighting turned off during work hours if possible, and use plug-in lamps instead. Locate all power-strips, plugs with attached transformers, and low voltage lamps at least three feet from your body, including your legs and feet. Move wires and cables away from the body and feet. Use a wired external keyboard for your computer so your hands are not over the hard drive on your laptop, and sit an arm’s length from your computer screen.
As you already know; a growing population is experiencing a range of subtle to serious symptoms, which they attribute to EMR, often termed “electrical sensitivity.” These reported symptoms include headaches, nausea, exhaustion, “burning” skin, dizziness, inability to concentrate, agitation, heart palpitations, anxiety, insomnia, tinnitus, chronic fatigue, joint pain, swelling of face and neck, eye problems, and rashes.
Even for those who don’t notice any reactions or symptoms, the data is compelling enough to support efforts toward reducing exposure, particularly for those who are trying to recover from illness of any kind, and those who are pregnant or have small children.
Complete protection is rare. The best policy is simply “avoidance,” particularly during sleeping hours, the body’s most sensitive regenerative time. If the bedroom is free of manmade EMR, the body will relax at night, and will be better able to regenerate. A healthy bedroom is essential, so that during the day when you may have little control over your environment, you are better able to deal with daytime exposures.
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