Minimize your odds of experiencing poor sleep by the following:

• Reduce sources of electromagnetic fields (EMFs), waves of electric and magnetic energies that are produced by electronic and electrical equipment.  They can affect brainwaves so as to alter mental acuity and change mood and sleep patterns.  EMFs are produced by electric clocks and clock radios, televisions and computers, cellular phones and cordless phones, lamps, and ionization–type smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Keep these items at least 15 feet (4.6 meters) away from the bed.

• Reduce chemical irritants that may cause breathing difficulties that can interfere with getting to sleep or getting a continuous night's sleep: 

• Remove home furnishings made with synthetics or that are chemically treated (carpeting, furniture, draperies)

• Do not bring freshly dry cleaned clothes (high in vapors of the solvents used in the cleaning process) into the bedroom until aired out in a separate room for several days.  Close the closet door before sleeping.

• Use natural, non-treated cotton or silk sheets.   Avoid "permanent press" sheets as these are treated with chemicals (most notably, formaldehyde).

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