Roughly 2 years ago, our beloved dog, Andre, got bone cancer and suddenly died. It sucked. But in modern times, cancer is common in dogs so at the time thought nothing of it and moved on. A book was recommended, The Invisible Rainbow by Arthur Firstenburg. There's a shorter popular book, Dirty Electricity by Samuel Milham on the same topic that covers modern life. We are all being exposed to radio and electric poisoning from poorly made devices. Parts of the argument go back 100+ years to Telsa vs. Edison DC (direct current) vs. AC (alternating current) so it’s not a new conversation, but the research was new to me. Fair warning, not a medical doctor and don’t play one on tv however, while most of the weight lost over the past year have simply been from gardening and eating organic, limiting exposure to electricity has definitely helped roll back the normal aches and pains associated prior with simply getting older so thought would share today in hopes it helps others as something minor that helped overall quality of life. As with all things, please do your own research.
There’s a number of simple fixes that are making a comeback in the health field which bear watching like speciality power plugs for outlets and monitors for measuring the environment. If you live anywhere in the modern world, you can have your place tested and try some of these devices cheaply out for $30+, but from a fashion perspective, linen and EMF blocking fabrics that help reduce electric exposure are more interesting. Linen and cotton are both easy to work with if you live in the US or Europe, they both grow 800-900 lbs per acre so that tends to be what people go with first. You can buy linen sheets for $50-100 to test yourself on Amazon or most major fashion companies. Even J. Crew carries stuff like linen hats. It’s not hard to get your hands on. What is difficult for modern audiences to handle is caring for linen compared to other fabrics like cotton, it is generally more fragile in commercial US dryers and should be simply hung to dry. You should also look into using a lighter laundry detergent like Clean People that lacks the heavy caked layer applied to protect clothing like US detergents do. That’s why it’s more popular in Europe than the US where they still often line dry clothing. Often followed up by ironing.
To iron linen, mist stray it before you apply heat. Our grandmother’s used to hit linen clothing with a spray bottle, wrap it in plastic, and let it sit in the fridge for an hour before ironing their stuff. You don’t have to do that, but more water is ideal. Anyways, there’s a number of lawsuits going on in Europe over radio stations causing cancer and other illnesses apparently. The Invisible Rainbow mentions a bunch of illnesses like diabetes, ringing ears, chronic fatigue, and overall decrease in quality of life. Given all the health stuff people are looking into right now, linen seems like an easy one to look into for yourself. Linen’s definitely helped me. And since we are living in a world of electric use, it might be worth looking into for yourself given how easy and simple most of the solutions are. If you’re on the East Coast, most fabric stores have a 100% linen section. Like cotton plants, the price will vary wildly depending on quality and country of origin. Basic wisdom says finer linen is generally made from baby linen sewn thickly in northern countries that grows slower as it comes from the stalks while rougher heavier linen tends to come from older, heavier stalks. Supposedly, the British used to have good trade between Pennsylvania and Ireland in different fabric weights back in the 70s, but they’ve dropped the ball there so who cares? Any cold climate like the Northeast is ideal. But the Western part of NC works just fine. Have a great week people.