Subject: EMF Radiation. 
July 21, 2011.

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Worse than Cigarettes? The Silent Enemy Harming Your Health Today...

Posted by: Dr. M-rcola | July 09 2011

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Vickie W-rren is a former Executive Director of the Bau-Biologie Group for
the U-ited States. She now heads up the non-profit organization Wings of
Eagle Healthy Living, dedicated to grassroots education. Here, she discusses
the detrimental health effects of electromagnetic fields, and what you can 
do
to protect yourself and your family from excessive EMF exposure. Sources:

  Video Transcript

Dr. Mer-ola's Comments:

Many still do not realize that they're chronically exposed to something that 
can
deteriorate their health, and, unless it's identified and re-mediated, can 
lead
to premature d-ath an exposure that is completely invisible, tasteless, and
odorless. The exposure I'm referring to is electromagnetic fields, or EMF.
Five Primary Sources of Electromagnetic Field Exposure As Vickie Wa-ren
explains in this interview, there are basically five primary sources of
dangerous EMF that surround you on a daily basis:

1. Electric fields: These are the fields that emanate from anything that has
voltage; basically anything electric, such as lamps, electrical wiring, 
outlets,
extension cords, electrical appliances, and power outlets.

Electric fields can affect the electrical communication in your body, such 
as
your brainwaves, or the ability of your neurons to fire and communicate. It 
can
also impede inter-cell communication anywhere in your body. Health problems
that can manifest as a result to this type of exposure include neurological- 
and
behavioral changes, altered cell growth, cell mutations, fibromyalgia, 
chronic
fatigue, and even c-ncer.

Magnetic fields: The Environmental P-otection Agency (EPA) has labeled
magnetic fields a class 3 carcinogen. These fields can occur when there is 
an
imbalance in the electrical wiring, and around electrical motors such as the
motor in your refrigerator.

A MAJOR source of magnetic fields is next to the main power meter for your
house. You definitely want to avoid sleeping up against a wall that has a 
power
meter on the outside. Electric clock radios can also generate magnetic 
fields.

Fortunately, the effect drops off dramatically with distance, so simply 
putting
some distance typically about five or six feet between yourself and the
source is usually sufficient to drastically reduce or eliminate the danger.

3. Power lines, whether above- or underground.
4. Metal plumbing: Yes, older metal plumbing done frequently carry a 
current.
5. Wireless communications: This includes wireless power meters (so-called
SmartMeters), cell phones, cell towers, wireless routers, and cordless 
phones.
Most of these types of technologies expose you to both electric- and 
magnetic
fields.

According to Vickie, cordless phone bases are a MAJOR source of exposure,
and should never be kept in your sleeping area. While the handset is a 
source
of exposure while you're talking on the phone, the base transmits 
constantly,
whether the phone is in use or not. Still, it's best to use the speaker 
phone
or a headset when using a cordless phone because the thermal impact of the
antenna can also cause problems, particularly if you're frequently on the
phone or talk for long periods of time.

The thermal impact is what the SAR rating on the phone refers to.

The radiation emitted by wireless communications decreases linearly, so you
have to put a significant amount of distance between yourself and the source 
to
sufficiently reduce your exposure. Having walls between yourself and the 
source
will also help; preferably with reflective barriers such as metal foil and
certain types of metallic paint.

Ideally, you'll want the cordless base station located at least three full
rooms away from where you're sleeping.  Keeping a cordless phone base on 
your
desk is not recommended, as you'll be continuously blasted with radiation
throughout your work day.

The Latest Danger is 'Smart Meters'
Some areas of the Un-ted States have already begun installing a so-called 
'smart
grid,' where utility meters transmit data on your household energy usage
wirelessly to the utility. Eventually, they want to expand this to 
installing
smart meters on each household appliance within your home, to individually
transmit the usage data to the smart meter.

If this technological advancement is allowed to spread across the nation,
public health may plummet across the board.

According to Vickie, they've already seen a direct correlation between
increasing health complaints in neighborhoods where smart meters have been
installed. An excellent interview on the radio frequency these new energy
strategies will bring into your home can be found at on
ElectromagneticHealth.org.
It features Blake L-vitt, author of Electromagnetic Fields and a long-time
science writer on this topic, and Duncan C-mpbell, Esq, a visionary thinker
on the future of utilities and new energy technologies.

"Usually, the first issue that people start talking about is inability to 
sleep,
or mood swings, along with headaches," Vickie says.
How can you protect your health if your community forces one on you?
"We've talked to several people in Australia. What they're doing is to put
a reflective barrier to keep radiation from your meter from coming into the
home," Vickie says. "The problem is you've also got to be aware of your
neighbor's meters and where they are located."
This can be a significant challenge if you live in a densely populated area
or in a multi-unit dwelling. You'd have to identify all the sources, and 
address
all of them.

However, you may be able to request that your meter be set up to transmit
information only once a day, as opposed to once every minute. So if your 
home is
outfitted with a smart meter, talk to your utility company and see if you 
can
change the transmission rate to once every 24 hours, ideally during a time
that you're not home. And then tell your neighbors and ask them to do the 
same.

How to Decrease EMF Exposure while Sleeping

First, begin with a visual inspection of your bedroom to identify sources of
electric- and/or magnetic fields. Vickie recommends sleeping with your head 
away
from the wall, facing the center of the room even if it means lying with 
your
head facing the headboard end of your bed.

Why?

Because unless you live in a community that requires buildings to have 
shielded
conduits, you will be exposed to electrical fields from the wiring in your
walls. There are not many communities that require this however. Outside
of Chicago, where I live, the building code does require electrical wires to 
be
run through a shielded pipe, which reduces both fire hazard and electric 
field
radiation. However, single family homes in most areas of the US have bare
wires running through the walls.

If you're not sure whether your wiring is shielded or not, you can purchase 
a
volt sensor from your local hardware store. Just run it up and down across 
your
wall, and if the meter detects an electric field, you know you're being 
exposed.

Re-mediating open wiring in a home that's already built can be an expensive
venture. The least expensive fix, should your bedroom walls emit electric
fields, is to simply turn off the particular circuit breaker for your 
bedroom at
night.
Be aware that just turning your lights off does NOT eliminate electric 
fields,
because the electrical outlets always carry voltage, whether the light is
on or off. Next, make sure everything around your bed is battery powered.
How to Determine Your Level of Magnetic Field Exposure
While you can safely assume that you're being exposed to electric fields 
from
lamps, appliances and wiring in your walls, magnetic fields is another 
matter.
There is no way to know whether or not you have a magnetic field problem in 
your
home, unless you test for it.

Again, magnetic fields can be generated from power lines nearby, whether
overhead or beneath the ground, motors such as your refrigerator and power
meters, as well as older types of metal plumbing.
"I recommend you use a Gauss meter," Vickie says. "There is a plethora of
them available on the market that are fairly inexpensive. Get together with 
your
friends and family and buy one, because you only have to measure once."
Another source of magnetic fields that most people are clueless about is 
your
hair dryer. A hair dryer can actually emit greater magnetic fields than your
refrigerator! So if you can avoid using one, you'll be better off for it.

Unfortunately, whereas you can shield against electric fields, you cannot 
shield
against magnetic fields they go straight through metal, including lead. The
only way you could protect yourself against it is to completely encase the
source and ground it, using a so-called Faraday cage.

Other problematic sources include cordless telephone bases, which I 
discussed
above. Laptop computers are another high energy source of both electric- and
magnetic fields, so avoid putting a laptop directly on your lap. You can 
block
the thermal effects by using a lap pad, and you can shield against the 
electric
field by adding a reflective material or metal to it, but you cannot block 
the
magnetic field component.

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John Winston.   johnfw@mlode.com