What’s in your walls?

Wires . . . lots and lots of hidden wires . . . in your walls, floor and ceiling and they are putting out an electric field 6 – 8 feet in all directions.

To create an EMF mitigated sanctuary in ANY room, you need to switch off ALL the wires that are putting out an electric field Into that room. The wires in the walls, floor and ceiling that supply electricity to the room next door, above and below are all putting out this field.

You may be one of the lucky ones when it comes to creating an EMF sleep sanctuary that you can turn off just one circuit and be done. I have seen this once, maybe twice. Most people have walls, floors and ceilings that look like these photographs. In such cases to get the electric field measurement down to the desired, safe level requires switching off multiple circuits. Circuits that have nothing to do with your bedroom. The only way to know they are there is to measure with an electric field meter or even better a body voltage meter.

Again, if you are lucky and only need to switch one circuit off AND your house is wired in such a way that a dedicated “kill switch” can be wired for that one room, go for it. The odds are that even if you only need one (or two) circuits cut off, an electrician would need to reroute the wires to that room. How many hours at $100 – $200 per hour would that take? 

When most people measure the electric fields in their bedroom either by having a Building Biologist / EMF Consultant do it for them, or by buying a body voltage kit (BVK) and doing it themselves, they find hidden wires that need to be switched off to achieve the recommended levels. Additional rooms: children’s room(s), den, the home office, etc. all require extra switching. A UL listed, fully assembled, remote, EMFSafeSwitch installed at the electrical panel (breaker box) is the least expensive, most convenient, most practical, code compliant and safest solution.

Being able to remotely switch 4, 8, 16, 24 circuits (or more) and have 4, 12 or 16 independent control zones and to not have the inconvenience and expense of tearing up the house to rewire, makes the EMFSafeSwitch the #1 choice for in home EMF mitigation. 

You can find an EMFSafeSwitch installed in the homes of multiple Building Biologists, Clinicians, Doctors, Electricians, EMF Consultants, Engineers, Professors, Scientists and a State Governor, as well as hundreds of other EMF aware (and now mitigated) people.

If you ask your electricians advice they may recommend something else. Ask how many hours their solution will take. They may offer to build you some kind of switch. Ask if it would be UL listed (it wont be) because if not it could void your home owner insurance policy. These types of jobs almost always take longer than expected, we recommend getting the quote in writing. To install an EMFSafeSwitch (depending on the number of circuits) should take about two hours.

Most of the bedrooms I (Anthony) have measured start out at 2,500mV to 3,600mV and I have seen readings far higher (7,000+mV) especially with electric blankets and/or adjustable beds. With the idea that we are 10x more sensitive to EMF at night (when the body is wanting to heal and detox) we recommend below 100mV at night and below 1,000mV during the day (for home office readings etc.). 

The Building Biology Institute guidelines for night time body voltage readings:

The Building Biology Evaluation Guidelines are based on the precautionary principle. They are specifically designed for sleeping areas associated with long-term risks and a most sensitive window of opportunity for regeneration. These guildlines are based on the building biology experience and knowledge and focus on achievability. In addition, scientific studies and other recommendations are also consulted.

No Concern: LESS THAN 10 MILLIVOLTS (mV). This category provides the highest degree of precaution. It reflects the unexposed natural conditions, or the common and nearly inevitable background level of our modern living environment.

Slight Concern: 10-100 mV. As a precaution and especially with regard to sensitive and ill people, remediation/mitigation should be carried out whenever it is possible.

Severe Concern: 100-1000 mV. Values in this category are not acceptable from a building biology point of view, they call for action. Remediation should be carried out soon. In addition to numerous case histories, scientific studies indicate biological effects and health problems within this reference range.

Extreme Concern: GREATER THAN 1000 mV. These values call for immediate and rigorous action. In this category international guidelines and recommendations for public and occupational exposures may be reached or even exceeded. If several sources of risk are identified within a single subcategory, or for different subcategories, one should be more critical in the final assessment.

Be informed, be in control and Live EMF Safe,

Anthony Smith

COO EMFSafe, Inc

LiveEMFSafe.com