Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 One suggestion I can offer is an EMF shielding device that my husband has used with good effect: a " sleep shield " (grounded mattress cover) from http://www.earthtether.com. Please note that we did not see benefits immediately; in fact for the first few days my husband found it difficult to stay on the thing (painful), and when he did sleep he felt that it made his sleep quality worse (detox?). But after a few days--certainly within a week--he seems confident that it was helping. (The company offers a 30-day money-back guarantee so I was observing very carefully to see whether we would need to return the product...checking in with my husband every week to get his feedback.) My husband also uses a grounding wrist cord (the type that computer chip makers use to prevent static electricity from damaging their product during manufacture). It eases some of the EMF stress when he works at his computer. This business of " grounding " oneself from EMFs sounded very strange to us at first, but now...well, it's still strange, but we know that it's necessary! Most of our friends think we're crazy, of course. Cara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Cara, Also, below is a link to an interesting guest editorial, Our Place in Nature: Reconnecting with the Earth for Better Sleep, by L. Oschman, PhD, author of Energy Medicine: the Scientific Basis. This editorial was published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (October 2004, Vol. 10, No. 5, Pages 735-736), in addition to the research study, The Biologic Effects of Grounding the Human Body During Sleep as Measured by Cortisol Levels and Subjective Reporting of Sleep, Pain, and Stress (Ghaly M and Teplitz D). Here's the link: http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2004.10.735 Kay > [Original Message] > From: carazzz <cara_evangelista@...> > < > > Date: 12/29/2004 2:26:21 PM > Subject: Shielding devices > > > > > One suggestion I can offer is an EMF shielding device that my husband > has used with good effect: a " sleep shield " (grounded mattress cover) > from http://www.earthtether.com. Please note that we did not see > benefits immediately; in fact for the first few days my husband found > it difficult to stay on the thing (painful), and when he did sleep he > felt that it made his sleep quality worse (detox?). But after a few > days--certainly within a week--he seems confident that it was > helping. > > (The company offers a 30-day money-back guarantee so I was observing > very carefully to see whether we would need to return the > product...checking in with my husband every week to get his feedback.) > > My husband also uses a grounding wrist cord (the type that computer > chip makers use to prevent static electricity from damaging their > product during manufacture). It eases some of the EMF stress when he > works at his computer. > > This business of " grounding " oneself from EMFs sounded very strange > to us at first, but now...well, it's still strange, but we know that > it's necessary! Most of our friends think we're crazy, of course. > > Cara > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Hi Cara, The link below will take you to newly published research on grounding (earthing) the body to improve sleep. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine October 2004, Vol. 10, No. 5, Pages 767-776 The Biologic Effects of Grounding the Human Body During Sleep as measured by Cortisol Levels and Subjective Reporting of Sleep, Pain, and Stress by Maurice Ghaly, M.D. and Dale Teplitz, M.A. Here's the link: http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2004.10.767 Kay > [Original Message] > From: carazzz <cara_evangelista@...> > < > > Date: 12/29/2004 2:26:21 PM > Subject: Shielding devices > > > > > One suggestion I can offer is an EMF shielding device that my husband > has used with good effect: a " sleep shield " (grounded mattress cover) > from http://www.earthtether.com. Please note that we did not see > benefits immediately; in fact for the first few days my husband found > it difficult to stay on the thing (painful), and when he did sleep he > felt that it made his sleep quality worse (detox?). But after a few > days--certainly within a week--he seems confident that it was > helping. > > (The company offers a 30-day money-back guarantee so I was observing > very carefully to see whether we would need to return the > product...checking in with my husband every week to get his feedback.) > > My husband also uses a grounding wrist cord (the type that computer > chip makers use to prevent static electricity from damaging their > product during manufacture). It eases some of the EMF stress when he > works at his computer. > > This business of " grounding " oneself from EMFs sounded very strange > to us at first, but now...well, it's still strange, but we know that > it's necessary! Most of our friends think we're crazy, of course. > > Cara > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Cara, That is excellent. I was curious about doing just that myself, but was warned against the possibility of picking up stray voltage on the wires connecting me to ground (eg. Lightening). Sometimes the electrical ground in wiring can contain many volts of electrical noise, so one would want to make sure your not grounding to the ground in the wiring in your home. We did an experiment when studying how to make computers more stable, and measured 40 volts of electrial noise on the ground wire, created by a blow dryer plugged into the same circuit. It really mucked around with computer chip operations. We also discovered that electric motors of laser printers, fridges, etc. all cause electrical noise on ground. Regards, Glenn >From: " carazzz " <cara_evangelista@...> >Reply- > >Subject: Shielding devices >Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:14:24 -0000 > > > >One suggestion I can offer is an EMF shielding device that my husband >has used with good effect: a " sleep shield " (grounded mattress cover) >from http://www.earthtether.com. Please note that we did not see >benefits immediately; in fact for the first few days my husband found >it difficult to stay on the thing (painful), and when he did sleep he >felt that it made his sleep quality worse (detox?). But after a few >days--certainly within a week--he seems confident that it was >helping. > >(The company offers a 30-day money-back guarantee so I was observing >very carefully to see whether we would need to return the >product...checking in with my husband every week to get his feedback.) > >My husband also uses a grounding wrist cord (the type that computer >chip makers use to prevent static electricity from damaging their >product during manufacture). It eases some of the EMF stress when he >works at his computer. > >This business of " grounding " oneself from EMFs sounded very strange >to us at first, but now...well, it's still strange, but we know that >it's necessary! Most of our friends think we're crazy, of course. > >Cara > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Hi Glenn, Yes, my husband and I were also warned about the dangers of grounding oneself. We are still nervous about the danger of lightning, say, or stray voltage from nearby power lines. (The grounding cords we use are attached to metal rods that we stuck into the earth outside our bedroom window.) We aren't thrilled about the possibility of stray voltage, obviously, but for my husband the improvement is so significant that we have decided to take the risk for now. What we are considering next is having at least several electrical outlets correctly grounded (they are NOT correctly grounded right now), and then plugging our grounding cord into that grounded outlet, instead of attaching to metal bars buried the earth. We'll then do something you considered also -- use grounding mats under the computer, on/under the desk chair, etc., and plug those into the grounded outlet as well. FYI, we have done a simple comparison using a body voltage meter that shows the same reduction in electricity entering the body with grounding into the earth vs. grounding into a grounded electrical outlet. Our EMF remediation consultant, however, advised us that grounding into the building's system carries its own risks. He said that this ground may be " dirty " or contaminated in some way that the earth is not. Seemed to feel it would be less effective in some way. I am still trying to understand this better. I'm ot a scientist, obviously, just someone with a lot at stake. Cara I was curious about doing just that myself, but was > warned against the possibility of picking up stray voltage on the wires > connecting me to ground (eg. Lightening). Sometimes the electrical ground > in wiring can contain many volts of electrical noise, so one would want to > make sure your not grounding to the ground in the wiring in your home. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Hi Cara, I agree that grounding with your own rod into earth is a much safer way to go. There is definite difference between grounding directly to earth vs grounding to the common ground of electrical wiring. It takes a special measuring instrument to measure electrical noise on ground. I would keep your grounding directly to earth. If you are on the home wiring ground, then there is twice as likely chance of catching lightening voltages that come in through power wires of home from outside. Just like home electronics can get blown by power surges caused during lightening storms or power outages. I just thought of a neat way to protect yourself from stray voltage and lightening strikes, using the direct wire grounded to earth. Just get a very low voltage inline fuse, like a 1.5 volt fuse, that would blow very easily if any amount of dangerous voltage strayed onto the wire. Perhaps even put a few of these inline fuses, so if a lightening struck, and it attempted to jump (arc) across the fuse, a second fuse would blow. Since those size fuses are inexpensive it would be an easy way to protect onself. And keep the wire a small guage wire so it can't carry as much current. Glenn >From: " carazzz " <cara_evangelista@...> >Reply- > >Subject: Re: Shielding devices >Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:10:14 -0000 > > >Hi Glenn, > >Yes, my husband and I were also warned about the dangers of grounding >oneself. We are still nervous about the danger of lightning, say, or >stray voltage from nearby power lines. (The grounding cords we use >are attached to metal rods that we stuck into the earth outside our >bedroom window.) We aren't thrilled about the possibility of stray >voltage, obviously, but for my husband the improvement is so >significant that we have decided to take the risk for now. > >What we are considering next is having at least several electrical >outlets correctly grounded (they are NOT correctly grounded right >now), and then plugging our grounding cord into that grounded outlet, >instead of attaching to metal bars buried the earth. We'll then do >something you considered also -- use grounding mats under the >computer, on/under the desk chair, etc., and plug those into the >grounded outlet as well. > >FYI, we have done a simple comparison using a body voltage meter that >shows the same reduction in electricity entering the body with >grounding into the earth vs. grounding into a grounded electrical >outlet. > >Our EMF remediation consultant, however, advised us that grounding >into the building's system carries its own risks. He said that this >ground may be " dirty " or contaminated in some way that the earth is >not. Seemed to feel it would be less effective in some way. > >I am still trying to understand this better. I'm ot a scientist, >obviously, just someone with a lot at stake. > >Cara > > >I was curious about doing just that myself, but was > > warned against the possibility of picking up stray voltage on the >wires > > connecting me to ground (eg. Lightening). Sometimes the electrical >ground > > in wiring can contain many volts of electrical noise, so one would >want to > > make sure your not grounding to the ground in the wiring in your >home. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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