This is the first of a three-part series of my investigation of EMF in my house.
\nPart 2 \u00a0EMF \u2013 The Survey<\/a>
\nPart 3 \u00a0EMF – Remediation<\/a><\/p>\n

The topic of Electromagnetic Fields (EMF<\/a>) and how it may affect the health of occupants of houses is complex and contentious. It has been an item of concern to many people for quite some time. A lot of people do remember the\u00a0controversy <\/a>in the 1980’s and early 1990’s in the\u00a0Bridlewood area of Ottawa-Kanata. There were power lines near some residential\u00a0areas and a school that had some \u00a0residents concerned<\/a> due to EMF.<\/p>\n

Not that much has been heard lately regarding that particular issue and indeed most government and institutional expert\u00a0opinion\u00a0seems to me to be cautiously\u00a0reassuring<\/a>\u00a0if<\/a> I can put it that way. I am rarely\u00a0asked\u00a0about EMF in my\u00a0home\u00a0inspection practice. It is also not part of the professional standards of practice<\/a> of the Ontario Association of Home Inspectors (OAHI<\/a>) nor of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI<\/a>). I tend to lean to the direction of\u00a0the precautionary principal<\/a>\u00a0and this is a topic that I\u00a0have\u00a0been wanting to learn more of. I therefore decided to start with my own house.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1 – Tri-field gauss meter<\/p><\/div>\n

The first instrument that I\u00a0acquired\u00a0on this quest is known as a gauss meter. There are many commercially available and I selected the Trifield\u00a0Meter<\/a> from\u00a0AlphaLab, Inc. \u00a0I set out to do an EMF survey of my house which is a detached bungalow built\u00a0around\u00a01962. Upon completion of the survey I was shocked, and I don’t mean that to be a pun, but shocked at how high the EMF readings were in my\u00a0house.<\/p>\n

See the next post in the series Part 2\u00a0EMF \u2013 The Survey<\/a>\u00a0to see the results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the first of a three-part series of my investigation of EMF in my house. Part 2 \u00a0EMF \u2013 The Survey Part 3 \u00a0EMF – Remediation The topic of Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) and how it may affect the health of occupants of houses is complex and contentious. It has been an item of concern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[15,16,18,19,20],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emf","tag-homeinspections","tag-electromagnetic-fields","tag-environment","tag-ontario-association-of-home-inspectors","tag-ottawa-home-inspector"],"yoast_head":"\n