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Abby's Magazine - Volume 4 Issue 5| Page 17 Again, magne c fields can be generated from power lines nearby, whether overhead or beneath the ground, motors such as your refrigerator and power meters, as well as older types of metal plumbing. "I recommend you use a Gauss meter," Vickie says. "There is a plethora of them available on the market that are fairly inexpensive. Get together with your friends and family and buy one, because you only have to measure once." Another source of magne c fields that most people are clueless about is your hair dryer. A hair dryer can actually emit greater magne c fields than your refrigerator! So if you can avoid using one, you'll be be er off for it. Unfortunately, whereas you can shield against electric fields, you cannot shield against magne c fields—they go straight through metal, including lead. The only way you could protect yourself against it is to completely encase the source and ground it, using a so-called Faraday cage. Other problema c sources include cordless telephone bases, which I discussed above. Laptop computers are another high- energy source of both electric- and magne c fields, so avoid pu ng a laptop directly on your lap. You can block the thermal effects by using a lap pad, and you can shield against the electric field by adding a reflec ve material or metal to it, but you cannot block the magne c field component… What's worse is that computer charging devices are ungrounded, so ideally, you'll only want to use a laptop when it's running on ba ery; not when it's plugged into an outlet and charging. The same goes for iPads, Kindle's and even cell phones. Pregnant women should be especially careful using these types of technologies while plugged in. According to Vickie, the amount of EMF you're exposed to from a laptop that is plugged in compared to a laptop that is running on ba ery is about a hundred mes higher! Final Thoughts Taking the ac ons discussed above can help to significantly reduce your and your family's exposure to electric- and magne c fields. It's important to remember that all of these exposures are cumula ve—it all adds up, so whatever you can do to lessen your exposure can have a beneficial impact on your overall health and well-being. "I was talking to a group just recently and I was joking that we've now come full circle with the smoking concept," Vickie says. "You can't smoke in buildings anymore because of second hand smoke. There are smoking rooms. Maybe someday our children, or maybe our grandchildren, will come up with cellphone rooms… Unfortunately it takes two genera ons; it's going to be two genera ons before they actually say, "Look, these probably killed our grandparents." Maybe it will eventually come to that, but not any me soon… In the mean me, we just have to remediate the threat to the extent that we can, to reduce exposure as much as possible. If you can afford it, you could go as far as hiring a professional to implement the changes needed. For more informa on, please contact Wings of Eagle Healthy Living at www. wehlinfo@wehliving.org. Wings of Eagle Healthy living is a 501C3 non-profit founded to grassroots educa on. "We will work with anybody who is willing to start making a difference," Vickie says. Vickie Warren is a former Execu ve Director of the Bau-Biologie Group for the United States. She now heads up the non-profit organiza on Wings of Eagle Healthy Living, dedicated to grassroots educa on. Here, she discusses the detrimental health effects of electromagne c fields, and what you can do to protect yourself and your family from excessive EMF exposure.