11 Ways to Protect Yourself from Dirty Electricity
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Exposure to electromagnetic fields from cell phones and other appliances may hurt your health. Here are easy ways to minimize the damage.
By Michael Segell
Why Are Electromagnetic Fields Dangerous?
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1. Avoid wireless when possible
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2. Pick safer lightbulbs
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3. Stay away from the circuit breaker
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4. Choose an old-school landline phone
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5. Ban Bluetooth headsets
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6. Skip your cell when the service is spotty
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7. Don't wear your phone like a beeper
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8. Keep your laptop off your lap
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9. Unplug what you’re not using
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10. Think LCD over plasma
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11. Get your home tested
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Why Are Electromagnetic Fields Dangerous?
Several developments have highlighted the growing hazards of EMF pollution—and the crucial need to address them.
A report that cited more than 2,000 studies found that chronic exposure to even low-level radiation (like that from cell phones) can cause a variety of cancers, impair immunity, and contribute to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, heart disease, and many other ailments. One likely way: EMFs open the blood-brain barrier, causing blood vessels to leak fluid into the brain and damage neurons.

What’s more, a less–well known kind of EMF, known as "dirty" or transient electricity #, may play an even more damaging role. Transients are largely by-products of modern energy-efficient electronics and appliances—from computers, refrigerators, and plasma TVs to compact fluorescent light bulbs and dimmer switches—which tamp down the electricity they use. This manipulation of current creates a wildly fluctuating and potentially dangerous electromagnetic field that essentially charges up the electrons in every cell of your body. Some research suggests that by overlapping the body’s signaling mechanisms, transients may interfere with the secretion of insulin, drown out the call and response of the immune system, and cause other physical havoc.

Luckily, there are some things you can do to protect your health. Environmental consultant Cindy Sage recommends these simple steps to limit your exposure to electromagnetic fields from all sources.

For more information on the dangers of electromagnetic fields, read our full investigative report here.