Watch Dr Devra Davis, the founding director for the Center for Environmental Oncology, author of two important books Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Is Doing to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family and The Secret History of the War on Cancer

Summary for personal action
• Use a headset or a wireless headphone with a low-power Bluetooth emitter. Using a wired headset with a microphone reduces the amount of radiation to the brain, as does using a speakerphone with the phone held a hand’s distance away. If you use a wireless headset, turn it off when you’re not using it.

Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Is Doing to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family by Dr Devra Davis

• Do not keep a phone turned on next to your body all day, but if you must, face the front of the phone (the keypad) toward your body, as the antennas are at the back. When you are not using the phone, if it is on, stow it in a backpack, purse, or bag. If you keep it on your waist, turn it off. Do not keep a wireless headset turned on in your ear or in your pocket when not in use.
• Whenever possible, only use your phone when the signal quality is good. The weaker the signal, the more the radio frequency has to boost itself to get connected, increasing your exposure. When reception is weak (such as in a rural areas) or when you are in a metal box, such as an elevator, train, or car, use your phone only for emergencies, unless the vehicle has a built-in external antenna to which the phone connects.
• Text more often and when doing so hold the phone away from your body in your hands or on some kind of barrier, a book for example, in your lap. Phones typically use less radiation to send text than to speak, and texting keeps radiation from your head.
• Put it on speaker. Your exposure drops more than exponentially as you move the phone away from your head. Note you don’t have to keep the phone very far away to reduce your exposure by a thousand or even ten thousand times. Even when using the speaker, hold the phone away from your torso when you are talking and be sure that the back of the phone is not close to others, especially nursing infants or other children.
• Teach your children to text instead of calling with their phones and tell them not to keep phones on when in their pockets. Tweens and teens and the rest of us should not sleep with cell phones on under pillows or next to the bed all night.
• Pregnant women should keep their cell phone away from their abdomen. New mothers should also protect their babies from the phone. Do not speak on the phone or text while holding the device near the abdomen or the baby’s head and do not point the back of the phone where the antennas are located toward a child. A fetus’s or baby’s developing brain is most susceptible to radiation.
• Men, especially those trying to become fathers, should also keep their cell phones turned off when in their pockets.
• Be wary of radiation shields and other such protective devices that are claimed to limit exposure to radiation. They may reduce the connection quality and therefore force the phone to transmit at a higher output power.
• Use a landline at home and not a cordless phone, as these emit radio frequency radiation like that of cell phones. (Having a landline means you will have a working phone if and when electricity is cut off during blackouts or if cell towers are not working.)
• Avoid using a phone or texting while driving. It’s like driving drunk.
• Read your user guides and the FCC and company manufacturer Web sites. Most of the current user guides provide information about safe distances for phone use in nearly unreadable, small print in the user manuals. The FCC lists precautions on its Web site here: www.fcc.gov/cgb/cellular.html

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Electromagnetic Hygiene in 12 Easy Steps – Summary of Light That Heals

Light That Heals: Energy Medicine Today & Beyond by Donna Fisher is composed of two parts: the first part is about electromagnetic radiation and health issues caused by it and offers 12 easy steps to remedy the problems and the second part is about light therapies (EPRT – Electro Pressure Regeneration Therapy, SCENAR, COSMODIC, PEMF, NIIT, Radiowave Therapy, Oncothermia, Therabionic Therapy, TTF Therapy, etc) that may shape the medicine of the future. For feng shui purposes read the 12 useful tips for electromagnetic hygiene taken from the book. For more information regarding specific problems caused by electromagnetic pollution and research about it, read the ebook (or if you’re electrosensitive get the paper book – see the link to Amazon after the tips).

1. Electric equipment

Increase distance from electrical cords and electric equipment. Move the power bar at least 1 meter away from your feet. Use a wired extended keyboard to increase your distance from the computer screen. This will reduce the magnetic field.

2. Lighting

Try to work with the fluorescent tube lighting turned off. Remove CFL (compact fluorescent bulbs) from your work area. LED lights (ones that don’t use transformers) are the lights of the future. In the meantime use incandescent light bulbs, as these do not generate poor power quality. NOTE: the original incandescent light bulbs are no longer available in Canada as the government has mandated that only energy efficient lights can be sold.

3. Internet access

Use an Ethernet cable for Internet access (not Wi-Fi). If you need to use wireless, ensure the wireless router is as far as possible from your body and turn it off when not in use. Ensure that you turn off the Wi-Fi on your computer (tablet) and not just the router. Use a wired mouse and keyboard.

4. Cordless phone (DECT phones)

Replace your cordless telephones with a corded landline phone. The new digital cordless phones in North America (DECT phones) constantly emit microwave radiation, even when not in use. The older analogue phones emit microwave radiation only when being used. The best option for reducing RF exposure is to use a wired phone.

5. Cell phone (mobile phones)

Text instead of talk, and use the ‘speakerphone’ option when talking and don’t hold the phone next to your head. Do not keep the phone in a pocket, in your bra, or on a belt. When the signal is weak and/or phone is searching for a carrier, it is transmitting at maximum power and should not be used at this time. When not using your cell phone, keep in airplane mode (with Wi-Fi turned off) so it does not radiate.

6. Electrical panel & utility room

Ensure that workers (students) are at least 3 meters from an electric panel and are not adjacent to a utility room as these generate high magnetic fields. Note: Low-frequency magnetic fields (those that we use for electricity) can penetrate walls, windows, doors, ceilings and floors. Consequently, exposure in one room may be coming from an adjacent room. For this reason, it is important to spend as little time as possible near such sources even if they are on the other side of the wall. Radio frequency radiation can also penetrate walls and is blocked or reflected by metal objects generating potential hotspots. If you are in a location where there are radio frequency (RF) sources and metal objects (filing cabinet, fridge, stove, sink, etc.), your RF exposure may be higher or lower depending on the location of the source, the metal and your body. Recommendation: Have a qualified technician measure your workplace for electrosmog. In areas where people spend hours each day, levels should be less than the following values: 1 milliGauss for power frequency magnetic fields; 5 V/m for power frequency electric fields; 40 GS units for dirty electricity; 0.01 microW/cm2 for wireless radiation; 0.5 V for ground current at 60 Hz; and 10 mV for kHz ground current.

Prevention is better than cure!

Electromagnetic hygiene in your bedroom

We spend a third of each day in our bedroom and for that reason, it is important that the bedroom be electromagnetically clean. Reduce electrosmog by following the steps for your office as well as the steps below:

1. Baby monitor

Remove wireless baby monitors. Wireless baby monitors constantly transmit microwave radiation. Infants should not be exposed to this radiation. Sound activated baby monitors are not yet available in North America but are available in Europe.

2. Clock radio

Move clock radio (and other electric equipment) so it is at least 1 meter from your bed (clock radios emit electromagnetic fields that may affect sleep). Keep the bedroom as dark as possible as light also affects sleep.

3. Computer, cell phone, Wi-Fi router, tablets

Unplug the computer at night if it is in your bedroom. Disconnect the Wi-Fi router and turn your cell phone off or keep it in airplane mode with WiFi turned off. This is especially important for children under the age of 18. Several national and international advisories are recommending that children under the age of 18 limit their cell phone use. Use iPods/iPads/smart tablets in airplane mode with WiFi turned off and use a wired computer for Internet access.

4. Smart meters

Ask your utility to have your wireless smart meter wired or use analogue smart meters. If this is not possible, use GS filters 1 to reduce the levels of dirty electricity generated by smart meters. Do not sleep in rooms adjacent to the smart meter. Shielding of the meter may be necessary if your smart meter emits radiation frequently. Watch this video about smart meters

5. Electric blanket and waterbed

Avoid use of electric blankets and waterbeds. If you need to use an electric blanket, unplug it after it has warmed the bed. This eliminates the electric and magnetic fields generated by these blankets. If you turn the electric blanket off but leave it plugged in, it will generate an electric field. So to reduce exposure unplugging the blanket is essential.

Light That Heals: Energy Medicine Today & Beyond by Donna Fisher – Available on Kindle, etc

6. Turn bedroom power off

Consider turning off the power (at the electrical panel) to your bedroom (and adjacent rooms) while you sleep.

Source: www.magdahavas.com

To sum up

It’s a well-researched book on the dangers of electromagnetic pollution with some fundamental tips on how to avoid it and protect yourself from it and some interesting ideas and new technologies for a better and brighter future. I strongly recommend getting the ebook or paperback: Light That Heals: Energy Medicine Today & Beyond by Donna Fisher  –  a timely warning for the conscious and health seeking individuals. Research suggests that 3-30% of the population might be already electrosensitive (see the conference on Electromagnetic Radiation or watch the video below from that conference). Having talked people who are electrosensitive and advising them, I can’t stress enough: prevention is better than cure. Donna Fisher’s website – she’s written other books on the subject.

The Republic of Kazakhstan, dirty electricity and electrosmog
Some countries take the health of their population much seriously. For example the Republic of Kazakhstan. From the book: “The International Conference on Electromagnetic Fields and Human Health was held in the Republic of Kazakhstan in September 2003. In November of the same year, the state health department of the Republic of Kazakhstan issued sanitary norms addressing Transient EMF, a move which historically takes decades.” and “The Republic of Kazakhstan has acknowledged that there is no safe level of exposure to dirty electricity. A limit of 50 GS units (industrial) was immediately mandated to protect workers. For the public, in their homes and non-industrial workplaces, a reading less than 30 GS units is easier to achieve.” To find out more about The Republic of Kazakhstan, dirty electricity and electrosmog read the book.

From my feng shui experience a few more tips for combating electro-smog:

• Avoid metal beds and metal spring mattresses

An organic foam mattress is ideal because it doesn’t contain any metal which can amplify electro-smog.
Mention my name (Jan Cisek) and you’ll get 15% off the price.

• Sleep in total darkness 

Most light (not red or orange though) and strong electromagnetic pollution (light is electromagnetic) will affect your melatonin production and consequently your sleep. Use eye masks if necessary.

• Install a demand switch for your bedroom

If possible, install a demand switch which will cut off all electricity in your bedroom once you switch off the last lamp (by your bed). There is one downside to the demand switch technology – you won’t be able to charge your mobile phone, etc.

• Earth or ground yourself

Earthing or grounding helps with electro-smog. People with electrosensitive report lesser symptoms when they’re earthed or grounded.
There are four basic ways to earth yourself to benefit from it:
1) earth your bed (requires some knowledge and testing equipment)
2) walk barefoot whenever you can (not very practical) but even touching a tree for a few minutes can make a difference
3) have regular short, 10-20min baths in the evening (my favourite). People who are electrosensitive discovered that they had fewer symptoms when they were having baths because they were naturally earthed. Add some Espom salts or magnesium (magnesium is depleted from our bodies when we get stressed) to your bath.
4) get Helios3 – geopathic stress harmoniser (very easy to install – just plug it into the socket) which adds Schumann resonance/waves – which is the heartbeat of the Earth  to your environment.
Read more about grounding / earthing

• Install dirty electricity filters

Dirty electricity (DE), which is mentioned a lot in Light That Heals: Energy Medicine Today & Beyond by Donna Fisher is very easy to solve. Just install some dirty electricity filters. Different houses, depending on the number of electrical appliances and the electrical wiring will require a different number of dirty electricity filters. It’s best to get somebody (like me) to measure the dirty electricity and install the right number of dirty electricity filters. But you can do it yourself: 1) get a dirty electricity meter 2) get some dirty electricity filters (most homes will need 5-20 dirty electricity filters depending on the levels of radiation). Please note that dirty electricity is different from general electromagnetic pollution – it’s just one of many aspects/sources of the electromagnetic smog.

• Don’t use the microwave oven

Ever. Read about the dangers of microwave ovens. 

• Eat well and take supplements

Optimise your diet. The stronger your constitution the better. Donna Fisher suggests taking vitamin C and magnesium on regular bases. I take ginko biloba – it protects from environmental pollutions and radiation (ginko biloba was the only tree that survived the Hiroshima nuclear bomb). Check yourself for any mineral deficiencies and toxicity. I trust that you don’t have any amalgam tooth filings (metal can amplify electro-smog) – use Heavy Metal Magnet tablets which helps remove heavy metals from your body naturally and safely. And that you eat organic foods at home (and don’t use sugar – if you want an alternative to sugar then xylitol is the best option). There is a homoeopathic remedy for electrosensitivity called Algin if you’re electrosensitive.

• Learn to manage stress

Learn tapping / EFT which helps with reducing stress and boosting the immunity. Mindfulness and breathing help too. Breath in for 5 seconds and breath out for 5 seconds without any pauses. HRV research suggests that this type of breathing syncs breathing with your blood pressure rhythm and improves your heart rate variability (HRV).

Watch this talk Diagnosis and Management of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS): Rapid Overview for a mixed audience by Dr Erica Mallery-Blythe

More info: LED lighting

What is good lighting for the best feng shui for your home and workplace?

Why LED lighting is dangerous to your health and not good feng shui?

Summary of THE LIGHT DOCTOR: Using Light to Boost Health, Improve Sleep, and Live Longer by Dr. Martin Moore-Ede

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Dirty electricity (DE), also called Microsurge Electrical Pollution (MEP), is high-frequency voltage spikes (transients) caused by plugging electrical devices into the main supply. Dirty electricity is a by-product of modern electronic equipment and appliances, such as computers, refrigerators, plasma TVs, WiFi routers, Sky boxes, DVD players, video recorders, set-top boxes, compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), solar panels and dimmer switches – all of which corrupt the electricity they use. Dirty electricity can also enter homes and offices through wiring from nearby sources, including your neighbours’ WiFi, TV antennas or nearby mobile phone base stations (transmitters) connected to the power grid. Dirty electricity, also known as dirty mains, dirty power, Microsurge Electrical Pollution (MEP), or electrical pollution, refers to electromagnetic noise on the mains wiring in houses.

In simple terms, every electrical gadget you plug into your home or workplace adds different frequencies to the electrical system at 50/60Hz and changes the power factor. That kind of ‘noise’ on your electrical cables is called dirty electricity. The good news is that there is a simple solution for dirty electricity – dirty electricity filters (see below).

Dirty electricity is caused by electrical appliances and can have a negative effect on your health

Common sources of dirty electricity: solar panels connected to the main supply, energy-saving CFL lamps, mains adaptors, chargers and power supplies, TVs and video players, computers, printers, washing machines, fridges, dishwashers, tumble driers, induction hobs, electric car chargers, and so on.
Unlikely sources of dirty electricity: some incandescent bulbs, electrical fires and heaters, as well as immersion heaters, electric showers, and older type electric ring cookers.

Bespoke EMF personal surveys for homes and workplaces available

How to minimise dirty electricity (DE) in your home and office? A simple solution to dirty electricity: dirty electricity filters

Dirty electricity filters for electrosmog

Although dirty electricity is very common and can have ill health effects, the solution is very simple: plug in these highly recommended dirty electricity filters, which filter out all that electrosmog. Watch a video below on the electrical nature of life to understand how dirty electricity and electrosmog can affect your life. From my professional experience, most homes have typical levels of dirty electricity 3-25 times over the limit, i.e., between 100 to 800 mV, rising up to about 2500 mV from solar panel inverters. I find that DE levels are higher in towns and densely populated areas, especially in high-rise blocks. The quality of electrical wiring can affect levels of dirty electricity, with older wiring making it more difficult to reduce them.

Plug in dirty electricity filters as close as possible to their source, or it will flow backwards and forwards on the house wiring between the source device and the dirty electricity filters. If you have a lot of dirty electricity and DE filters don’t reduce it enough, try to replace some devices with similar ones that produce less dirty electricity. For example, some low-energy CFL lamps (compact fluorescent light bulbs) produce lots of DE and some relatively little. Usually, most LED lamps produce little DE, and traditional, old-fashioned incandescent lamps produce virtually none. Some dimmer switches produce huge levels of DE, and some relatively low levels. It’s possible that the quality of electrical wiring doesn’t allow for further reduction of dirty electricity, especially if it’s quite old. I sometimes find that no matter how many dirty electricity filters I plug in, the levels stay the same.

The mains filter

I also recommend this powerful mains conditioning filter on an extension lead (if you can find it online – it seems they don’t sell it any more and I don’t have any leads, sorry), which will greatly reduce radio-frequency noise and interference on your house mains electricity supply coming from your computers, TVs, videos, modern switched-mode mains adapters and chargers, etc. The filters are designed to dramatically reduce both “asymmetrical” and “symmetrical” interference. It uses high-frequency capacitors and an inductor/choke, as well as an earth line choke, to stop interference through the mains earth line. It uses a screened mains cable to eliminate the effects of radiated noise interference.

What effect does dirty electricity have on health?

Research shows that dirty electricity is a chronic stressor and is correlated to many diseases and conditions, including, amongst others, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, insomnia, headaches, neurological disorders, arrhythmia, autism and even suicide, as well as general electrosensitivity. (Milham & Stetzer, 2013)

Case studies
A school in Minnesota where dirty electricity meters went completely off the scale had a cancer incidence in teachers nearly three times higher than average. There were also three former students who developed thyroid cancer in their 20s. (Milham & Morgan, 2008).

However, when dirty electricity was reduced by more than 90% in other schools, the health of teachers improved significantly, as did student behaviour in both middle and elementary schools. (Havas & Olstad, 2008)

In another school, the number of students needing inhalers for asthma was reduced, and blood sugar levels for some diabetics responded positively to the removal of dirty electricity in their environment. (Havas, 2008)

An additional study into individuals with multiple sclerosis, after reducing dirty electricity levels, showed their balance improved and they experienced fewer tremors. (Havas, 2006)

“‘Dirty Electricity’ can … be used to describe electric power that has become corrupted by our use of modern appliances. Items such as CFL bulbs, cell phone transmission antennas, power supplies for portable computers, cell phone chargers, dimmer switches, variable speed fans and many other electronic devices that require a transformer to convert the voltage will ‘dirty’ the electricity that enters your home. This form of dirty electromagnetic fields (EMF) is invisible to the eye, but has a biological effect on the human body and has been associated with a wide variety of illnesses.”
Magda Havas, PhD, associate professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent University

Watch Dr Devra Davis, the founding director of the Centre for Environmental Oncology, author of two important books Disconnect: The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation, What the Industry Is Doing to Hide It, and How to Protect Your Family and The Secret History of the War on Cancer

How can I remove dirty electricity from my home or office? The solution is very simple: install DE filters.

Fortunately, the solution to removing dirty electricity is now very simple! Once the DE levels in your environment have been measured, the correct number of dirty electricity meters can then be installed to neutralise the effects in seconds. You should always try to find out what is causing the dirty electricity levels to be high – on your electrical wiring – to establish the best way to reduce it or remove it. The dirty electricity filters, ideally, should be plugged in as close as possible to the source of the DE. For dirty electricity coming into your building from solar panels (big offenders of dirty electricity) or from the incoming electricity supply – plug in the DE filters as close as possible to the fuse box or electricity meter.

The Republic of Kazakhstan and dirty electricity 

Some countries take the health of their population very seriously. For example, the Republic of Kazakhstan. From the book called Light That Heals: Energy Medicine Today & Beyond by Donna Fisher: “The International Conference on Electromagnetic Fields and Human Health was held in the Republic of Kazakhstan in September 2003. In November of the same year, the state health department of the Republic of Kazakhstan issued sanitary norms addressing Transient EMF, a move which historically takes decades.” and “The Republic of Kazakhstan has acknowledged that there is no safe level of exposure to dirty electricity. A limit of 50 GS units (industrial) was immediately mandated to protect workers. For the public, in their homes and non-industrial workplaces, a reading less than 30 GS units is easier to achieve.” To find out more about The Republic of Kazakhstan, dirty electricity and electrosmog, read the book Light That Heals: Energy Medicine Today & Beyond by Donna Fisher.

Summary
Microsurge Electrical Pollution (MEP), also known as dirty electricity, refers to spikes and surges of electromagnetic energy travelling along power lines and building wiring. It is a type of electromagnetic interference (EMI) or electrical noise created by many modern electronics, appliances, and energy-efficient lights that manipulate standard alternating current (AC) electricity. The best way to reduce it is to install dirty electricity filters once you’ve measured the levels of dirty electricity.

Contact me if you want a dirty electricity check on your home or office: 07956 288574 or email me

You can purchase dirty electricity filters from https://emfields-solutions.com/shop/de2-dirty-electricity-filter/, but you may need to have a dirty electricity meter to measure the levels and how the filters are working.

Signal Tamer – WiFi Router Radiation Shield
If you’re worried about your wifi router’s radiation, you can get a signal tamer, WiFi Router Radiation Shield (in the US) and in the UK, WiFi Cover Emf Protection, WiFi Router Cover Radiation Shielding, WiFi Guard Emf Faraday Cage for Router.

References
Havas M & A Olstad (2008) Power quality affects teacher wellbeing and student behavior in three Minnesota Schools Sci Total Environ 402(2-3):157-62 PMID: 18556048
Havas M (2008) Dirty electricity elevates blood sugar among electrically sensitive diabetics and may explain brittle diabetes Electromagn Biol Med 27(2):135-46 PMID: 18568931
Havas M (2006) Electromagnetic hypersensitivity: biological effects of dirty electricity with emphasis on diabetes and multiple sclerosis Electromagn Biol Med 25(4):259-68 PMID: 17178585
Milham S & D Stetzer (2013) Dirty electricity, chronic stress, neurotransmitters and disease Electromagn Biol Med Jan 16 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23323864
Milham S & LL Morgan (2008) A new electromagnetic exposure metric: high-frequency voltage transients associated with increased cancer incidence in teachers in a California school Am J Ind Med 51(8):579-86 PMID: 18512243
Dirty Electricity: Electrification and the Diseases of Civilization Paperback – 6 Dec 2012  by MD Samuel Milham

Electrical nature of life

In this introduction to the electrical nature of life, you can get a good overview of how electrosmog and dirty electricity fit into modern feng shui and the science behind it.
Dirty electricity affects our energy – watch the part where Paul talks about dirty electricity – from 1:03:10

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