Re: Electrical field effects

From: W. R. Gibbons (gibbons(at)northpole.med.uvm.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 31 1997 - 09:40:07 CST


On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, John McEwen wrote:

> The problem is that the electrical converter in the trailer is located
> under the bed on my wife's side. She knows that it is not healthy to sleep
> in close proximity to electrical fields. She wants me to "do the right

As others have told you, there's no evidence that this would be harmful.
The highest em fields I believe come from electric razors, yet there are
a lot of electric razor users still alive and kicking.
  
However reason does not always persuade significant others. TeriAnn
Wakeman has, among a batch of interesting stuff, a sheet of aluminum
4'x5'x1/8" for sale. Suitably trimmed, it should fit under your wife.
You can ground it to the frame, and set her mind at ease.

I must say, though, I wonder why you have to run the thing at night.
Couldn't you just turn off the power? Or change sides of the bed?

   Ray Gibbons Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
                Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
                gibbons(at)northpole.med.uvm.edu (802) 656-8910



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