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phone does not have to use as much power wired phones. If you must talk on a cordless For best
to keep a steady signal. If there is no built-in phone, purchase a 900-megahertz model and
antenna on the outside of the car, EMR may limit your conversations. protection,
be substantially higher inside the car, in both especially if
standby and talking mode, than when you’re BABY MONITORS you are EMR
talking outside of a car. • Eliminate baby monitors labeled DECT or
Gigahertz. If you must use a wireless baby sensitive,
CELL TOWERS, CELLULAR ANTENNA monitor, purchase a 900-megahertz model. eliminate
BASE STATIONS AND But even older style 900-megahertz models wireless and
OTHER WIRELESS FACILITIES emit some radio frequency EMR. The safest
• If possible, and in general, choose to live solution for your baby is to avoid all wire- instead, hard
at least a quarter mile from a cell tower or less monitors. Instead, find an old-fashioned wire your
antenna. Depending on your sensitivity, you wired type on Ebay or at a garage sale, or computer
may need a distance of one mile or more. To wire up a webcam to a computer that is on
locate the closest cell towers and antennas a wired, Ethernet (not wireless) connection. connections
near you, go to antennasearch.com. Check Before the invention of baby monitors, par- with
this web site periodically for new towers be- ents stayed within close hearing range of Ethernet
ing built. Putting enough distance between sleeping babies.
your home and a cell tower or antenna will cable.
be more difficult in a city, but do your best IPADS AND OTHER TABLETS
to put yourself at least a quarter mile away. IPads and other tablets are like smart
• If you are highly EMR-sensitive or have no phones—they are always emitting EMR and the
option but to live very close to cell antennas, extensive radius of high levels of EMR exposes
consult with a qualified EMR consultant on children and adults around you.
possible shielding. In some situations, cov- If you do use an iPad or other tablet device,
ering your windows with special shielding here are steps you can take to reduce exposure:
fabric or films may be adequate, depending
on your sensitivity level, as well as proxim- • Turn off tablets during sleeping hours.
ity and directionality of the cell antenna. • Keep the tablet off or in airplane mode until
(See LessEMF.com for shielding fabrics and you need to use it. Otherwise, like smart
window film options, but keep in mind, DYI phones, all tablets in standby mode emit very
solutions without professional pre- and post- high levels of EMR within a radius of ten to
testing may not result in enough measureable fifteen feet.
exposure reduction.) Unfortunately, in many • Turn off your tablet while at home, and use
cases, it is quite difficult to shield adequately your Ethernet wired computer instead. If you
or affordably. must use your tablet at home, limit use and
turn it off when you’re not using it.
CORDLESS PHONES AND LANDLINES • When using a tablet while you’re away from
• Don’t get rid of your landline! The best pro- home, purchase a monthly cell connection so
tection from RF EMR from cell phones is you don’t need Wi-Fi to use it. This way, you
to forward your cell phone to your landline, can use a “basic phone” instead of a smart
turn off your cell, and talk on corded phones phone, which eliminates the high levels of
while at home. smart phone EMR in standby mode while
• Do not install or use cordless phones that you’re waiting to receive calls. And you can
are labeled as “DECT” or “Gigahertz.” Like still get Internet access, email and even text
smart phones, these put out a digital pulsed with your tablet. But remember, keep the
microwave frequency, and they emit and pol- tablet off or in airplane mode when you’re
lute your home continuously whether you’re not using it.
talking or not. They should be completely
removed from the home. The safest option is
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