Electro-Magnetic Fields

	Keep at least one metre from the television screen.

	Replace old cathode-ray type VDU computer monitors, or televisions, with plasma or LED screens.

	Avoid using your laptop on your lap, especially if you are a man, to avoid damage to sperm from the heat as well as the electrical waves.

	Move clock radios at least one metre from your pillow.

	Never keep an electric blanket turned on when you are in bed.  Unplug it from the wall before going to sleep.

	If you have a remote-control TV in your bedroom, unplug it from the wall before going to sleep or purchase an automatic standby plug which shuts off the power supply.

	Reduce your use of a mobile phone as much as possible.  Can you use a landline phone or send a text, instead?

	DECT cordless phones work in a similar way to mobile phones so minimise your use or replace with a corded phone.

	If you have to use a mobile or DECT phone, dial the number and allow the call to connect before bringing the handset to your ear.  The radiation is strongest whilst the call connects.

	Keep a base station for a cordless phone as far away from where you work as possible.

	Men should not keep their mobile phone in a trouser pocket as the radiation can damage sperm and increase the risk of testicular cancer.

	Women and men should not keep their mobile phone in a breast pocket as it can increase the risk of breast cancer in both sexes.

	Avoid standing or working near a microwave oven.  If you have a microwave oven at home, throw it out!  It destroys the nutrients in food and the retained radiation can enter your body when eating microwaved food, increasing cancer risk in the digestive tract.

	Avoid standing or working near large electrical appliances when they are turned on such as a washing machine, tumble dryer or electric cooker.

	Make as little use as possible of handheld hairdryers.  They use high currents to drive the motor and produce heat making them one of the highest sources of EMF exposure

	If you have electric power lines or a sub-station near your home, avoid sitting or sleeping in rooms close by - better still - MOVE!

	Avoid using a cordless or wireless baby monitor.  Instead use one that works through the mains and keep the plug as far away from where the baby sleeps as possible.

	If you have a WiFi router in your home, turn if off at night.  If your close neighbours have WiFi, recommend to them that they do the same, as their signal will penetrate through your walls.  If they need convincing, send them to www.powerwatch.org.uk.

	Instead of using WiFi in your home, purchase a set of Home Plug units which send the internet signal through your mains.  Each computer or laptop is connected through an ethernet cable.