If it sounds too good to be true…
I usually don’t watch TV. I don’t own one. But while staying with family over the holidays and sitting around watching the boob tube I saw a commercial that shows just how far we’ve come.
This commercial was for a bracelet that you wear that is supposed to protect you from electromagnetic fields (EMF) and other harmful environmental hazards when you wear it. The commercial trys to demonstrate that the product is effective by showing people wearing them being muscle tested.
Bunk.
While I believe in “Muscle Testing”, also known as “Applied Kinesiology” and “Autonomic Response Testing (ART)” just because you test strong when you are muscle tested doesn’t mean the product works as claimed. In Chapter 4 of Healthy Living Spaces: Top 10 Hazards Affecting Your Health, I show an example of how to do muscle testing to find healthy cleaning products at the grocery store since most products don’t list all the ingredients on the label. But just because a product is safe, i.e. your body does not have a negative reaction to it, does not mean the product helps improve your health or protect you from harmful stuff including electromagnetic fields.
What this commercial and similar products are proving by muscle testing is that it’s safe to wear the bracelet, charm, pendant, quantum cell protector, EFX Silicone Sport Wristband, Clarus QLink® and other gadgets; not that they protect you from anything.
Incidentally, you don’t need to buy and wear a special bracelet or pendant, ring or other type of jewelry or gadget to “protect” yourself.
Case in point, we’ve tested people in blind studies using some of these types of products and found some people reacted negatively to them; others didn’t notice any difference wearing them.
Most interesting of all, we people noticed the most difference (felt they were most “protected”) when we had them simply image a bubble of protection surrounding them vs. when they wore the stuff. When they imagined a bubble of protection surrounding them, they tested strongest when muscle tested when exposed to EMFs from electrical power.
So next time you’re worried about EFMs, cell phone radiation, or something similar, and are thinking about buying a gadget to protect yourself, simply say to yourself:
“ I now surround myself in a bubble of protection.
I am protected from all [electromagnetic fields].
I am surrounded by a bubble of protection.
For more information on how to really protect yourself from environmental hazards, including electromagnetic fields and cell phone radiation, visit our reference library at Healthy Living Spaces.com or buy the book, Healthy Living Spaces: Top 10 Hazards Affecting Your Health, now on sale at Amazon.com and other retailers.
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
What will our Children Do?
I keep seeing ads for solar panels. Pictures with solar panels installed on the roof of peoples homes. Pictures of solar panels in the yard with kids playing next to them. That got me to thinking...do people touting solar energy realize just how toxic it is to make a single solar panel. Do they understand how toxic the dust would be if they broke just one solar cell (there can be hundreds in a solar panel). What will our children do someday, then these panels break down or become obsolete and end up in the trash, just like our used cell phones and lap-top computers? Just how green are these solar panels in terms of the toxic waste generated during their creation and the disposal when they become old.
As with most "green" activities, I suspect this has not been thought through. Or maybe the thinking is similar to the Sierra Club's position on compact, energy saving light bulbs - we know they contain mercury, one of the most toxic substances known to man, but its' only a small amount of mercury (if you break a single light bulb in your home the mercury vapor level in will violate federal air quality standards) but its worth it.
Here's a better idea:
Has anyone noticed how windy it's been lately. I don't know if this is due to climate change or is the norm, but there's always some wind. Generating electricity with wind power (wind mills) is much more environmentally friendly than solar. No silicon wafer, solar panel cells need to be processed, a wind mill cost a LOT less than a solar panel, and wind mills often produce more power than solar panels.
I lived in a house that had both solar panels and a wind mill and often, even with the solar panels turning to track the sun, it was the wind mill that produced the most power.
As with most "green" activities, I suspect this has not been thought through. Or maybe the thinking is similar to the Sierra Club's position on compact, energy saving light bulbs - we know they contain mercury, one of the most toxic substances known to man, but its' only a small amount of mercury (if you break a single light bulb in your home the mercury vapor level in will violate federal air quality standards) but its worth it.
Here's a better idea:
Has anyone noticed how windy it's been lately. I don't know if this is due to climate change or is the norm, but there's always some wind. Generating electricity with wind power (wind mills) is much more environmentally friendly than solar. No silicon wafer, solar panel cells need to be processed, a wind mill cost a LOT less than a solar panel, and wind mills often produce more power than solar panels.
I lived in a house that had both solar panels and a wind mill and often, even with the solar panels turning to track the sun, it was the wind mill that produced the most power.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Controlled Burns Kill
Regarding the smoke generated from controlled burns, the Forest Service does seem to get it. How much is a human life worth? Do they realize smoke from these burns causes people to have heart attacks, if not during the burns, possibly some time after the burn as a result of small smoke particles bypassing any protection your lungs have to offer, getting into the blood stream and reaking havoc with the heart? (photo credit above the New Mexian News article link about controlled burns)
What good is an advisory warning to people who can not just up and move out of town or even out of state when there controlled burns are going on? People may die from this stuff.
What can you do to protect yourself other than go to your second vacation home in another state (as officials seem to suggest you do) :) ....
Staying indoor helps but air from outside will penetrate to the inside:
Get a good HEPA air purifier. The only one tested down to 0.01 microns (the size of smoke particles) is the IQAir Health Pro. I recommend the Healthy Pro Plus.
For more information visit the reference library at Healthy Living Spaces
And read the article about wood smoke being worse for your health than cigarettes.
Contact us at Healthy Living Spaces
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http://healthylivingspaces.com
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The Gulf of Chernobyl
The Gulf oil spill is a tragic disaster. Birds, fish and wildlife are not the only ones effected. Residents not just on the coast, but near the coast, are reporting oily-like, gas odors in the air that can cause headaches and nausea. Basically, the air quality in these parts is going to be worse than living next to a gas station.
Staying indoors may not offer much help because over time outdoor air permeates indoors.
Healthy Living Spaces can perform air quality testing for these chemical odors and offer some advice on reducing the levels and making the indoor air healthier to breathe. One way is to use an air purifier that has a ton of carbon in it. Carbon is what traps chemicals. Don't be fooled by gimicks and gadgets that claim to clean the whole house. You need to keep that air purifier in your bedroom or office and run it a high speed. It's got to have a fan and move a lot of air through the carbon media. The only brand we recommend is the IQAir Healthy Pro plus.
Next, it also helps to have a whole house air filter. It too, must have a ton of carbon to remove any odors and chemicals. Remember, a HEPA filter is nice but a HEPA filter removes dust particles, not odors. You need both - a HEPA with carbon.
Contact Healthy Living Spaces for more information and product recommendations or read all about how you can choose and install an whole-house air purifir that makes the air healthy to breathe in the new edition of Dan Stih's Healthy Living Spaces: Top 10 Hazards Effecting Your Health, available on Amazon.com.
Read chapter: Recommendations - Furnace filters, Air Purifiers.
Staying indoors may not offer much help because over time outdoor air permeates indoors.
Healthy Living Spaces can perform air quality testing for these chemical odors and offer some advice on reducing the levels and making the indoor air healthier to breathe. One way is to use an air purifier that has a ton of carbon in it. Carbon is what traps chemicals. Don't be fooled by gimicks and gadgets that claim to clean the whole house. You need to keep that air purifier in your bedroom or office and run it a high speed. It's got to have a fan and move a lot of air through the carbon media. The only brand we recommend is the IQAir Healthy Pro plus.
Next, it also helps to have a whole house air filter. It too, must have a ton of carbon to remove any odors and chemicals. Remember, a HEPA filter is nice but a HEPA filter removes dust particles, not odors. You need both - a HEPA with carbon.
Contact Healthy Living Spaces for more information and product recommendations or read all about how you can choose and install an whole-house air purifir that makes the air healthy to breathe in the new edition of Dan Stih's Healthy Living Spaces: Top 10 Hazards Effecting Your Health, available on Amazon.com.
Read chapter: Recommendations - Furnace filters, Air Purifiers.
EPA requires tetsing of homes built before 1978
If you have a contractor do remodeling work in your home, and your home was built before 1978, the contractor must notify you of new EPA rules governing renovation work as follows.
To protect against this risk, on April 22, 2008, EPA issued a rule requiring the use of lead-safe practices and other actions aimed at preventing lead poisoning. Under the rule, beginning April 22, 2010, contractors performing renovation, repair and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in homes, child care facilities, and schools built before 1978 must be certified and must follow specific work practices to prevent lead contamination.
EPA requires that firms performing renovation, repair, and painting projects that disturb lead-based paint in pre-1978 homes, child care facilities and schools be certified by EPA and that they use certified renovators who are trained by EPA-approved training providers to follow lead-safe work practices. Individuals can become certified renovators by taking an eight-hour training course from an EPA-approved training provider.Healthy Living Spaces has a certified EPA Lead Dust Sampling Technician on staff that can perform post-renovation testing in your home to verify hazardous levels of lead are not present after the contractor is done. Contact:
Healthy Living Spaces LLC
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Santa Fe (serving all New Mexico and surrounding areas)
(505) 992-9905
Call for an appointment
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Shame on the Indian Pueblo Council
It was sad to see the army blowing up the ancient tress in local natives lived on in the new film Avatar. Unfortunately in real life it's sometimes the natives destroying nature. This scene reminded me of the mass cutting of tress this year at the Indian School in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
In a desert climate where shade should be a treasure, the school cut down dozens of beautiful trees, some of them more than a half century old, leaving the old campus littered with stumps. The cutting was done stealthy before any white people could complain (not that we could stop it anyhow)
The all Indian Pueblo Council, made up of governors from the 19 New Mexico pueblos was responsible for making the decision to cut down the trees. And they had them cut quickly before anyone could complain or stop the tragedy.
Driving by the property, one can feel the pain and loss of the tress and the land.
School officials declined to say what they would do with the area, though two development plans have surfaced for a hotel and retail shops.
Ironically, since Congress requires the land be used for "educational, health or cultural purposes, the shopping malls can not be built after all. I'm sure the tress will make sure the land is cursed forever.
Shame on the Pueblo Council members.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Global Warming Fear-Mongering
RE: Can Global Warming Worsen Allergies? (Published in the New Mexican, Monday, November 19, 2007)
The article “Can Global Warming Worsen Allergies?” appears to be taken straight out of a press-release from the NRDC with little or no investigative reporting done by the New Mexican.
It opens with the fear-mongering statement “Global warming can make allergies worse simply because the major pollen producers that trigger allergic reactions thrive and flourish in warmer air.”
Yes, everything grows faster with global warming, including crops for food and tress. And it’s not because of warmer temperatures – it’s because of the sun! And this is not necessary a bad thing because tress consume carbon dioxide and purifier the air.
It goes on to instill even more fear in those with allergies by stating “carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions contribute to smog, another trigger for asthma”. Yes, carbon dioxide is produced by burning coal, gasoline and natural gas. But carbon dioxide is not allergenic and is not toxic. When you burn candles on your kitchen table carbon dioxide is produced. A gas space heater burning at 100% combustion efficiency in your home will be spew out carbon dioxide continuously. This is not be confused with carbon monoxide and chemicals in smog that are produced when things don’t burn clean. The only way to not have carbon dioxide is to not burn anything and to not breathe. A few people huddled into in a small living space in the winter probably exhale more carbon dioxide than the heating appliances produce.
My company is in the business of helping people with allergy problems. These people are suffering and need accurate and useful information to help them with their plight – not fear mongering propaganda disseminated from organizations claiming that that global warming is to blame for everything.
Ultimately, the only way to prevent carbon dioxide is to not burn anything and to stop breathing. Solar power can’t supply us with enough power to eliminate coal and natural gas. That leaves nuclear power as our savior, a horrible alternative, and possibly the hidden agenda behind this fear mongering report. Before we consider nuclear power maybe we should consider that is it the sun - not CO2 causing global warming and that CO2 is a natural gas produced by all living organisms that makes things grow.
The article “Can Global Warming Worsen Allergies?” appears to be taken straight out of a press-release from the NRDC with little or no investigative reporting done by the New Mexican.
It opens with the fear-mongering statement “Global warming can make allergies worse simply because the major pollen producers that trigger allergic reactions thrive and flourish in warmer air.”
Yes, everything grows faster with global warming, including crops for food and tress. And it’s not because of warmer temperatures – it’s because of the sun! And this is not necessary a bad thing because tress consume carbon dioxide and purifier the air.
It goes on to instill even more fear in those with allergies by stating “carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions contribute to smog, another trigger for asthma”. Yes, carbon dioxide is produced by burning coal, gasoline and natural gas. But carbon dioxide is not allergenic and is not toxic. When you burn candles on your kitchen table carbon dioxide is produced. A gas space heater burning at 100% combustion efficiency in your home will be spew out carbon dioxide continuously. This is not be confused with carbon monoxide and chemicals in smog that are produced when things don’t burn clean. The only way to not have carbon dioxide is to not burn anything and to not breathe. A few people huddled into in a small living space in the winter probably exhale more carbon dioxide than the heating appliances produce.
My company is in the business of helping people with allergy problems. These people are suffering and need accurate and useful information to help them with their plight – not fear mongering propaganda disseminated from organizations claiming that that global warming is to blame for everything.
Ultimately, the only way to prevent carbon dioxide is to not burn anything and to stop breathing. Solar power can’t supply us with enough power to eliminate coal and natural gas. That leaves nuclear power as our savior, a horrible alternative, and possibly the hidden agenda behind this fear mongering report. Before we consider nuclear power maybe we should consider that is it the sun - not CO2 causing global warming and that CO2 is a natural gas produced by all living organisms that makes things grow.
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