1. Try and use as much natural material as possible such as wood, cork, clay, brick, coconut fibre, cotton, animal hair (carpet squares) etc. There should be as low a 'fleece factor' as possible: ratio of synthetic material to total volume. Wood should be polished with bees wax not silicon or cellulose based polish which converts wood into a plastic surface.

2. Wear as much natural fabric as possible, such as cotton, linen, wool or silk so your bigger organ - your skin - can breathe and prevent static from the movement of synthetic material.

3. Ensure as much fresh air gets into a building without causing a draught and low temperature. The humidity should ideally be between 40% - 50% so as not to lose too many negative ions. If there is a problem install a humidifier with automatic humidity control.

4. Install an electronic filtering unit in each room to filter out airborne particles, smoke, bacteria and viruses in the atmosphere to reduce respiratory and other infections.

5. Surround yourself with growing green plants. Thriving plants provide two important benefits. Firstly they show that they are living well in an ion enhanced atmosphere especially if they have a marked increase in size and growth rate. Secondly they tend to gather negative ions around themselves. This is particularly true of evergreens and ferns, which focus negative electrical charges on the pointed tip of their leaves.

6. The body absorbs light energy as a form of nourishment, but normal fluorescent lighting does not possess the combination of wavelengths or colour found in natural sunlight and should be changed out for Full Spectrum fluorescent lighting tubes such as True-Light® by Full Spectrum Lighting Ltd., 19 Lincoln Road, Cressex Business Park, High Wycombe, HP11 2LT. Tel. 01494 452 6051.

7. Excessive noise in the work place can cause a lot of problems. Often noise can be reduced very easily. Send for free booklet 'Industry Quiet Please....at low cost'.

Employers: When you next feel you and your staff arc getting stressful and do not seem able to cope with the work at hand then consider that it may be the office's or the factory's environment which is wrong and that for an average week's wages or less you could put this right, by installing a RadiTech, making you and your staff feel so much better and drastically reduce absenteeism.

Employees: Next time you feel your job and colleagues are getting on your nerves and you feel like changing your job - which you otherwise like - ask your boss to read this article.

In the mean time try and sneak open that window now and again (if it can be opened!) and get some fresh air during your lunch break. If you work on a VDU take breaks at regular intervals (remember the VDU can be switched off when not used!). Blink often and exercise your eyes.

If your employer refuses to install a RadiTech, a small portable RadiTech (1 Ox5x 13 cm.) will neutralise the area you sit or stand in (Installed in or on your desk).

Recent satisfied customers include:
Rank Xerox Plc., Worthing Southland Hospital, Kingston-Upon-Hull City Council, Bad Ragaz Town Hall (Switzerland), Chase Lodge Hotel, Centre Point Offices, Pirton Hill Junior School, Shell Petroleum Plc., Kent Police Headquarters, Priory Day Nursery, Grand Hotel Bad Ragaz (Switzerland 350 rooms), ICI Plc., Somerset Environmental Office, Chodlow Hall Farm, (18 buildings). Sawyer Architects Plc., Zergo Ltd., Hilton Hotel (17 floors). Clear Hight Stables and various prisons.

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