Home Office and EMF
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The world has seen lots of changes in the past eight months. Economist Nicholas Bloom from Stanford University says that 42 percent of the U.S. labor force is now working from home. In addition, our children are also learning from home, at least part-time. This means that the level of tech usage in our homes has increased dramatically, resulting in enormous EMF pollution in our home–office spaces.
Computers are only part of the problem. Our usage of cell phones and smart-watches has also increased, not to mention other EMF-emitting devices like printers, wireless keyboards, Bluetooth headsets, tablets, and more.
All of these devices contribute to turning your home into a highly EMF-infused zone.
But here’s the good news: there are many easy steps you can take right away to dramatically reduce your EMF exposure without eliminating the use of your devices – some of which I’ll discuss in this post.
But before that, let’s understand the types of EMF that surrounds your home office space.
Common Types of EMF
There are four main electromagnetic fields (EMF) that you can find in your home. These are electric fields, magnetic fields, radiofrequency (RF), and dirty electricity. Apart from these, there are static electricity and blue light, which are also types of EMF, but not similar to the four fields above.
We have another post explaining all of these electromagnetic fields in detail. But let’s look at a short overview to understand how they work.
Electric Fields
Electricity generates electric fields. So, if you have wires running through walls, power cords plugged into outlets, or anything that uses electricity, there will be electric fields present in your space.
Magnetic Fields
Magnetic fields often come from overhead or buried power lines. It’s also common to see magnetic fields near breaker panels, large appliances, outlets, and things with different speeds or motors like blenders, hairdryers, electric toothbrushes, computer chargers, and toasters.
Radio Frequency
Wireless devices like cell phones, WiFi routers, laptops, and tablets emit radio frequencies or RF-EMF. Radio waves transfer information from one place to another through the air.
Other common sources of RF-EMF are cell towers, fitness trackers, smart speakers, anything with Bluetooth, and modern gaming systems.
Dirty Electricity
Electricity usually flows in a 50 to 60 Hz sine wave, depending on where you live. When something disturbs its standard flow, it creates micro-surge electrical pollution, commonly known as dirty electricity.
Some tech products that cause a disturbance in electricity flow are CFL lightbulbs, LED lightbulbs, fluorescent lights, solar panels, computer chargers, energy-saving devices, and utility meters.
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