Does having a receptacle or a lamp/radio, etc at the bedside (close to head ) have an effect on EMF exposure or provide a safety risk?
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No risk at all. There is electromagnetic energy all around you from radio, tv and satellite broadcasts. There was a scare of high voltage transmission lines but I don't think that turned out to be scientifically accurate. Crank up the electric blanket and don't worry about it.
Edited 2/16/2005 11:11 pm ET by treefreak
The effect of EMF drops drastically as distance increases. Inverse square law applies here- as distance doubles, the strength drops to 1/4 of what it was. Cell phones and EMF- I'm still not totally sure long-term exposure is safe. Have you looked at your monitor when the phone is ringing?
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Actually, they found exactly what the health issue with powerlines are. Rather than some EMF force causing various cancers, the lines ionize the air and the pollution in it. That ionizing causes various carcinogens in the air to stick to the lungs.Someone finally got smart and looked at wind direction and the cancer plumes and found the vast majority of the cancer plumes were downwind! Then then worked backward to figure out the issue.Household outlets don't work the same way although I would highly recomend NOT wrappying the cord around your head while you sleep.
All these people are probably correct, but I have heard that your clock radio should be more than 3 ft away from you.
Also helps cause you cant easily reach it.
too bad for clock radio people, I usually just wake up when I wake up. - much better for your health.
-zen
<<...too bad for clock radio people....>>
That struck me as funny--had visions of robot-like people with clock radio faces. Like "Clockman." Guess it was a longer day than I thought! :-)
Actually, I think the three foot rule was brought about by the people who make clock radios. If you have to go more that three feet to hit the snooze button, you might as well just throw it across the room and into the wall to get it to stop buzzing. This way, they sell more clock radios.
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Ever touch someone on the shoulder, who know that you are there, and they still jump?
Those are clock radio people. lol
-zen
My stepdaughter was sort of like that--I'd shuffle my feet or whistle or make some slight noise to let her know I was there and if that didn't make her jump, when she heard or saw me she'd jump. (And not just with me--it's not that I terrified her or anything more than anyone else did.)
I guess if they were just clock people I'd say they are just too tightly wound! ;-) But since they're clock radio people--maybe the little servos that make the hands move (unless they're LED's) have the motors wound too tightly. Can you tell I have nothing to do today? Spending way too much time on thinking about stupid things!
you might incurr a problem if the radio is turned up too loud, causing the glass of water to jiggle and spill on your head. I wish I had time to worry about things like that!