Are You Sleeping in a Dangerous, Electrically Polluted Bedroom?

re: Are You Sleeping in a Dangerous, Electrically Polluted Bedroom?

Joanne Mueller — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:35:23 GMT

I am encouraged that Dr. Mercola has been writing about the need to reduce bedroom electric field exposures. While I also recognize the need to do what we can to eliminate our metal mattress springs and metal headboards, moving all electric appliances, telephone equipment or any item with a speaker (magnet) away from close proximity to bodies at night (whether humans or pets), is "essential."

My research over two decades as a non-=accredited researcher leans toward "the need to move items" whether other mitigation or not.

See the following letters not on my website:

JOANNE C. MUELLER LETTER TO DR. MARILYN ALBERT, ALZ. ADVISORY BOARD (11 06)

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WHY DID THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY STOP INFORMING PUBLIC RE

PREVENTABLE HEALTH PROBLEMS? Prepared for "Obama Change Meetings" - 12-12-08

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Sleep Sheep creating a tranquil environment?

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Behavioral and Brain Functions 2006, 2:15doi:10.1186/1744-9081-2-15

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re: Are You Sleeping in a Dangerous, Electrically Polluted Bedroom?

Spritelymhe — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:35:22 GMT

I have a question... I understand about metal beds and being near electrical outlets, but what about sleeping on north facing magnetic mattress pads? Is this hazardous as well? I have read a lot of information about the benefits of this, but now question if this is true or not. Can someone please share studies on this as I have slept on a north facing magnetic mattress pad for years.

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feelingood99 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:23:13 GMT

Great to see this topic discussed - it is more familiar in Europe (ie the wooden Scandinavian style beds, Germans often have wooden slats and foam mattress). As a kinesiologist I have been bringing this topic to my clients' awareness for years and have a lot of experience with it.

One thing that could be pointed out is "stand by" lights on anything.. anything with an LED read out emits some kind of disruptive radiation - even a cord phone with a digital readout screen in the unit. I've tested powerful stress effects from simple LED's to about 10 ft. This also includes digital clocks, even if they're battery (no digital watches!). If your kids have a CD/radio player in their room they should not only be unplugged, but placed as far as possible from the bed. Even turned off, the antenna in the radio will cause sleep disruption. (Not bad in waking hourse - affects us most in the delta sleep phase.) The worst are the "smart" clocks which set themselves - if they're digital they're that much worse.. They connect to a tower frequently with a radio signal to keep correct time or change the clock automatically for time changes, and this is highly disruptive. Get a basic no frills battery dial clock for your end table.

The brass bed has to go but in the meantime, pull it out 1 ft from the wall (an electrical field radiates approx 1' from the wires in the walls "coupling" with metal in the bed). No lamp cables closer than 1ft. Always have your bed out from the wall regardless, and especially never pushed into a corner. Radiators are very disruptive within 1 meter - I've seen a lot of parents put the baby's crib close the rad for warmth, but then the child can't sleep or is restless.

For hospital patients, usually their immune system is alreadycompromised and electrical fields add more stress. Intrestingly, silk provides a protective sheild against radiation. I just wrote a published article on this-if anyone wants it contact me at freehelp99@yahoo.com

re: Are You Sleeping in a Dangerous, Electrically Polluted Bedroom?

mybluerealm — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:18:09 GMT

People with head trauma are a lot more affected by EMF. I wouldnt suggest having any battery operated thing near your bed either. Ever since I moved my battery alarm clock onto my dresser instead of behind my head I've been sleeping a lot better. Also if you use a fan at night try not to use it anymore, or put it outside of the room behind the door. You can also take a strong magnet and put it onto electrical outlets or on a ceiling fan or other electrical things to cancel the EMF. Walking barefoot in the grass, putting your feet into cold water, or using Spruce on your feet will help to ground you.

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Tabs — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:30:31 GMT

I tried using candles instead of electricity and found that other energies were waiting to take the place of the EMF. I'd rather the EMF than some of those energies.

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minkl — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:30:41 GMT

how would an ionizing air filter fit into this? I use one quite near my baby as white noise to help him sleep, but feel very uncomfortable about emfs he may be getting (i lay a qlink on his body as he sleeps just in case), but would the ionizing effects reduce/increase the emfs from the machine?

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Energy Guy — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:33:04 GMT

As someone who has tested homes, schools, and work places for EMF pollution let me share some belated comments: you can buy a Trifield Meter for around $150 - you want the reading at your bed (or any other place you spend extended time at) to be 2 milligauss or less - first, try removing the source of the EMFs and if that doesn't work try moving your bed - you can go online and find various sites that sell the Trifield meter; or take a portable AM radio, tune it "between" stations and use it to test for EMF fields - this doesn't give you a number reading but it is a fun and inexpensive way to detect EMFs; regarding electric blankets - simply heat up the bed before you get in, turn off the electrical blanket, and then UNPLUG it for optimal safety; if you're really sensitive to EMFs you can also turn off the circuit breaker for the bedroom, that way there is little if any electrical current in the walls, etc. (you may have to turn off more than one breaker - and make sure you don't switch off any vital circuits like to the refrigerator, etc.); flat screen computer monitors put off very little EMFs - it's the old TV type monitors that have high EMFs - be careful of schools that get donated TV type monitors; and remember, unhealthy EMFs drop off pretty substantially with distance - meaning, if you move away from the source of EMFs that is the easiest way to avoid the harm. Hope this helps.

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Judy Miller — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:05:56 GMT

There is a fairly new product on the market called a Ceramat. It is an infrared mat that goes on the bed and emits far red heat. As long as it is plugged in, whether it is on or off it will cancel out 99.9% of the EMF in the room.

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zeldacrunch — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:51:48 GMT

My husband and I have been sleeping on a water bed since 1986. It has an electric pad to keep the water warm.............. Yikes........I suppose we should get a new bed.....

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berry lee — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:37:19 GMT

There was practically no contrary point of view expressed here! Altho I dont use a cell phone I heard recently that a study showed there is no evidence that they have harmed anyone.

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Charisse — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:01:35 GMT

I have all the beds in my house pulled away from the walls 3 ft(AllI have room for) and no other appliances...better sleeping all around....no more nightmares for my kids(maybe just coincidence for 2 yrs)(I also don't let my kids (7&8yrs) play on the computer before bed as I found this made them CRAZY and they had a tough time falling asleep/bad dreams....We also wear Qlinks.....which I have found help with all kinds of stress, not just electromagnetic.....can't wait till it gets warm so we can sleep outside!!!

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rajsanand — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:33:39 GMT

Hey I sleep very close to the computer. My bed is literally my computer chair. I am that close and the CPU is just next to my head around 2 feet away. It is on a metal table. I have an external hard disk which is little close and it is in a shelf under the cpu.

I live in a small room around 10X10feet.approx

Am at a risk

Will sleeping away(5 feet away) help or should I sleep in a different room. (I keep my computer on the entire night).

Or should I shut down the computer as long as I am in the room.

This is freaking me out

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merchant — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:13:36 GMT

this is my first question on any site....I bought a memory foam mattress and it exudes much chemical smell. I waited 24 hours before sleeping on it. Not long enough. Terrible smell all night. Next day, after shower and change of clothes, still smell on my skin and can almost taste it, even when away from house. It will eventually dissapate (sp) (maybe never enough for me) BUT......question is: is memory foam safe to sleep on? It terms of the chemical and material it is made from. Thanks so much for any help with this!

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aemit — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:56:22 GMT

Well! We learn something useful every day! Actually, this is not really new (for me) but I guess we sometimes need to be reminded or given a nudge so I just went and disconnected my cordless phone that was in my bedroom, I realised I hardly use it so no need for it really, just left the main (wired) phone on in the living room and removed the cordless one. I can always go to the main phone if I want to use it. I also disconnected the night light that is built into my bed because again, I hardly use it so why keep it plugged in at all times. And a while ago, prompted by another article about cell phones, I decided to keep my wireless internet unplugged and only connect it if I want to use the internet on my pc at home (which I try to keep to a minimum anyway, I try to get all my internet and mail use while at work ... hopefully my bosses are not reading this?). I admit that I do leave my cell phone on even while sleeping but it is placed further away from my bed. I don't like to turn my cell phone off as there can always be an emergency/urgent call/whatever and then I cannot be reached. Also, I have an alarm clock by my bed that has those yellow lighted numbers and I like it that if I wake up during the night, I can see what time it is. So still working on that but hopefully the day will come when I can get myself to get rid of that one too.

Another aspect is that it is very important what you keep under your bed, preferably there should be nothing there that might interfere with the atmosphere, especially metal objects. I keep some clothes like socks and underwear in the built-in drawers under my mattress. Also, this might sound like fishy but I keep 9 pair of shoes under my bed in a certain pattern that someone taught me make a good environment for sleeping. Ok just forget about this one. But, it is very important what is under your bed, including what the people living in the apartment under yours keep there and we hardly have any control over that...

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Barefoot Bob — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:50:16 GMT

My wife and I have been sleeping earthed since last June 07 and love it! We call our barefoot sheets our dream machine. Almost every night we enjoy great dreams. Alice in wonderland down the rabbit hole without drugs!

We take them every where we go when we travel, the last thing we want to miss is another good nights sleep.

The high tech phrase for sleeping earthed is something like restoring the body‘s natural bioelectrical homeostasis.