--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Faculty and Ideal Administrators: > > <multi snips> > > > > > I think we should have cell phones only as an emergency device, > > and not use > > > them as a regular way of talking and working. Even for emergency > > use, it's > > > best to use cell phones with speakers in them that can be held > > away from the > > > head, or using a plastic air-tube and ear-piece, which do not > > contain metal > > > conductors and which also allow the cell phone to be distanced > > from the > > > head. > > > > > > > > > I don't have a problem with the possibility that cellphones may > pose > > a microwave radiation hazard, but I think Bevan is a little shaky > on > > the concept: it's the transmitter/antenna that broadcasts the > > radiation, not the speakers, and it does not make any difference > > whether metal parts that are not transmitters are close to the > head, > > as they would not be "conducting" the radiation: > >
> Any metal part that is electrically connected to the rest of the > phone is a "transmitter" in the gigahertz range -- even the internals > of your iPod earbud would be. *********** If that is true (and I am not seeing any evidence that it is), it would be at minimal power level, certainly not anywhere near approaching the power output of the antenna itself. People walk through a maze of minimal electromagnetic output all day long, TV/Radio signals, etc, so these minimal outputs are surely not a problem like an antenna close to one's head might pose. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
