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Electromagnetic fields, environmental and material toxins, natural radiation, and indoor pollution are factors that can affect the body and mind, according to an expert in healthy environments, who explains how to protect ourselves from those risks that surround us but that we cannot perceive.
In our homes, we run the risk of injury or harm to our health due to risks that we are aware of and against which we usually take precautions, such as food poisoning, a domestic accident, a fall, an electric shock or suffering burns or cuts.
But we are also exposed to other dangers that we are unaware of and that go unnoticed, warns architect, geobiologist and habitat health expert Pere León (www.pereleon.com).
León has spent more than twenty years researching how the spaces where we live influence our physical and emotional well-being, a field in which he is a world authority.
Two of his specialties are geobiology (the study of the energies that emanate from the earth and our environment, and how they influence living beings) and bioconstruction (building systems made with natural materials and a low impact on the environment).
León has conducted thousands of studies in homes, offices, and schools on the effects of natural radiation, electromagnetic fields, chemical pollution of indoor air, toxins present in materials, underground disturbances, and other factors that are invisible but affect the body and mind of those who live in or frequent these places. He calls them ‘invisible poisons’.
Imperceptible but omnipresent risks.
That’s why, when this expert warns that “what is not seen also makes you sick,” he knows what he’s talking about, just as when he states that “we can stop being victims of those dangers that we do not perceive,” which he describes in his book entitled ‘Invisible Poisons,’ where he explains how to protect ourselves from these factors.
In fact, León has helped hundreds of people transform their homes into healthy spaces and neutralize the invisible risks that lurk in the space they inhabit.
“What if I told you that the place where you sleep could be the origin of some of your ailments? Or that chronic fatigue, insomnia, bruxism, infertility, anxiety, migraines and many symptoms without apparent medical cause could have their root in substances, particularities of the terrain and radiations present in bedrooms, kitchens and offices, or in the subsoil?” he points out.
“Many of these factors are not yet recognized by mainstream medicine. But they are there, and they influence the lives and health of thousands of people. They are invisible, but they profoundly affect the body and mind, as I have verified in more than two decades of research, practice, and observation, with almost 5,000 geoenvironmental studies conducted,” emphasizes this geobiologist.
León defines the so-called ‘invisible poisons’ as “factors external to the human organism, which act in a subtle and progressive way, affecting our biological functions, our rest, our immune system and, in many cases, our emotional and mental balance.”
These include environmental pollutants present in the air we breathe inside our homes, such as volatile organic compounds, formaldehyde, or radon gas, he points out.
“There are also geopathic stresses: natural alterations of the subsoil, such as underground water currents or geological faults, which generate anomalous magnetic fields capable of altering our biological frequencies without us realizing it,” he emphasizes.
And that list “of course also includes the increasingly ubiquitous artificial electromagnetic fields, such as those generated by antennas, WiFi routers, electronic devices, 4G and 5G networks, household appliances with wireless systems, poorly designed electrical installations or without adequate grounding,” according to León.
“The common characteristic of all these external factors is that they are invisible, yet they exist. They cannot be smelled, heard, or touched… but they are felt,” he points out.
“Sometimes these factors can manifest themselves through symptoms and disorders such as chronic insomnia, other times as unexplained fatigue, headaches, lack of concentration, irritability, muscle tension, and even in the form of tinnitus, autoimmune disorders, infertility, or a persistent malaise that no one can explain,” he warns.
“What’s most unsettling is that many of these ‘poisons’ live with us every day, especially in the spaces where we spend the most time: our home, our bedroom, our bed. And they do so silently, without showing their face, until one day our body says ‘enough!’ And something breaks,” he laments.
“The different chemical substances, electromagnetic fields and geopathic disturbances do not act in isolation,” León explains in an interview with EFE.
“On the contrary: when these factors coincide in the same space, their harmful effect can be amplified, and our body receives an extra burden that is difficult to manage. Science already indicates that this combined effect occurs mainly through oxidative stress (cellular damage), inflammation, and increased sensitivity in vulnerable individuals,” he points out.
Therefore, according to León, “it is important not to look at each factor separately, but to reduce overall exposure. And, in that sense, one of the most critical areas of the house is the bedroom, the place where we need to enjoy restful sleep.”
Actions you can take to decontaminate your environment.
“Turning off the WiFi router at night, keeping your mobile phone away from the bedside table, and avoiding electrical appliances near the bed are simple and very effective measures. We can also add daily ventilation and the use of healthier cleaning products and paints to avoid adding toxic chemicals to the environment,” he points out.
He adds that “in some cases it is also advisable to measure radon gas (a natural radioactive gas resulting from the disintegration of elements present in the ground) or to check if the bed is on a geophysical disturbance.”
“Something as simple as moving the bed a few meters or even just a few centimeters can have a positive impact and be very rewarding and fruitful,” he recommends.
For León, “the idea is clear: the more we reduce the sum of exposures to ‘invisible poisons’, the more protected our body will be, the more health we can gain in our daily lives, and in this way we can increase our capacity to cope with external adversities in our daily lives,” he concludes.
He recommends some concrete, simple but powerful actions to “start today to transform our living and resting environment, something that our body and mind will appreciate.”
— Can’t sleep well? “Move your bed. Insomnia can be caused by an underground water current or a geological fault. Move your bed to another location, and if after three weeks things are still the same, call a geobiologist,” he advises.
— Ventilate, ventilate, ventilate! “Open the windows for at least 10 or 20 minutes a day. This balances the humidity, expels toxins, electrostatic charges, and invisible parasites. Keep the air clean without using air fresheners, sprays, or chemicals to mask bad odors,” she advises.
— Mobile phone: the less you use it and the further away it is, the better. “Don’t hold it close to your head. Use headphones or speakerphone. Keep it away from your body whenever possible, use ‘airplane mode’ and if you’re going to sleep, leave it turned off in the bathroom or at the entrance of your house,” he says.
— The microwave, an old enemy. “Stay away from this appliance when it’s on,” recommends León.
— Make sure your home has a proper ground connection. León advises “having an electrician check your electrical installation, as all outlets, especially in the kitchen, must have a good ground connection.”
— Avoid sleeping near electrical appliances. “Don’t place the headboard of your bed or sofa against a wall where there is a washing machine, oven, refrigerator, dishwasher, boiler, or induction cooktop directly on the other side. Radiation passes through walls,” he points out.
— Technology out of the bedroom. “No cell phones, cordless phones, or electronic alarm clocks on the nightstand. A good night’s sleep requires darkness, silence, and a space free of electromagnetic radiation,” according to León.
— Turn off the Wi-Fi at night. “Why keep the router on if you’re sleeping and trying to rest? Using wired connections is even better, because that way you’ll avoid ‘electrosmog’ (electromagnetic pollution),” he concludes.
Ricardo Segura.
EFE – Reports
