Dirty Electricity... Are You At Risk?

Who would have ever thought that the electricity that powers our homes and workplaces could be classed into one of two different categories – “clean electricity” and “dirty electricity”? Well, it’s happened.

Clean electric power was originally intended to power our homes and buildings at a safe frequency of 60 Hertz (Hz). Today, however, we are seemingly hard-wired to devices such as personal computers, video games , cellular phones and our blackberry. These devices have been shown to emit invisible micro-surges of dangerous radio frequency radiation and other electromagnetic contaminates, also known as “dirty electricity”¹.

Since the early nineties, studies have documented a laundry list of health risks linked to exposure to dirty electricity. This list includes chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, hyper-activity in children, and a condition known as Electrical Hypersensitivity (EHS) or Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EMS).

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) it is estimated that between 3% and 5% of the Canadian population suffers from a severe form of EMS. The condition’s prevalence is growing into a global concern. Symptoms to watch for include skin rash, sleep disorders, muscle and joint pain (fibromyalgia), chronic fatigue, depression, headaches, dizziness, nausea, difficulty concentrating, memory loss, irritability, anxiety, weakness, muscle spasms, numbness, tingling, leg and foot pain, "flu-like" symptoms and fever.

So what can we do to minimize the hazard to dirty electricity? Here are 12 ways to minimize dirty electricity in your home, school or workplace:

12 Ways to Avoid Excess Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields and Radio Frequencies:

1) Replace all the dimmer switches in your house with regular switches. Even when turned completely on full power a dimmer chops-off part of the electrical current, then it discards in the form of a strong electromagnetic field. Dimmer switches also create dirty electricity that can contaminate an entire home’s electrical wiring with dangerous high frequency energy. 



2) Avoid installing low-voltage halogen, florescent tubes and energy-efficient compact fluorescent lighting (CLF). Virtually all create of these technologies create dirty electricity and at the same time throw a nasty electromagnetic field. 


3) When replacing your computer monitor or TV buy a new LCD they emit much less EM radiation.

4) Clean up the electrical power cords and transformers around your computer and desk and reroute them away from your feet and seating area, and never use a laptop PC on your lap. Buy shielded, twisted pair extension cords and computer cables. 


5) Install 3-wire, twisted pair, shielded wire on any metallic lamps to reduce the antenna effects created by metal lamps. Buy shielded twisted pair cable for your lamps

6) Don't install a wireless network, and check to see if you have a DECT cordless phone. Don't buy a DECT phone because they constantly transmit a strong RF signal, even when not in use just sitting in the cradle. If you have one, get rid of it, or unplug it at night. Buy a Electro smog detector to see if you have a DECT phone or wireless network near by.



7) Move baby cribs and beds a few feet away from walls containing electrical wires and don’t locate cribs or beds on walls opposite electronic equipment like computers, entertainment centre and clothes dryers and microwaves. Most walls do not block the magnetic field thrown by electronic devices. 


8) Get rid of your microwave oven. If you must use a microwave stand at least five feet away from microwaves when in operation; better still leave the room, even a properly functioning microwave can throw a strong electromagnetic field. A leaky one is even more dangerous.

9) Avoid installing new “energy efficient” devices or appliances that have variable speed drives in them like some furnaces, fans, heaters, front loading washing machines, etc. They all chop the sine wave creating high frequencies dirty electricity on the building’s electrical wiring. Even your trusty treadmill can be a big polluter.

10) Limit the time you spend talking on a cordless phone and cell phone, and only let children under 14 use cell phones for short periods of time when absolutely necessary. Use an "air tube" headset. to drastically reduce (only 0.0009 w/kg. Vs. 1.5 w/kg.) the amount of radiation absorbed into the brain. 



11) Install Graham/Stetzer filters in your home to reduce the harmful, high frequency radiation being radiated by your home’s electrical wiring.

12) If you or someone in your family is demonstrating symptoms of “ Electrical Hypersensitivity”, or feel sick when in your home, or other indoor location you may want to consider having a dirty electricity home inspection and consultation.

All of the devices or instruments mention above can be found at www.dirtyelectricity.ca or if you wish to have a home consultation you can visit www.emfsolutions.ca

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