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| On 14 Jun 2005 20:22:29 -0700, Reply7471859353@wmco
nnect.com wrote:
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>1 milli-gauss was/is considered marginally dangerous ( according to the
>documentation that came with my testers, the test equipment is designed
>for assuring compliance with Federal law. Three meters altogether, two
>with identical sensitivity and the third dampened by about three
>milli-gauss. One of the two with identical sensitivity, I call "Bugs
>Bunny" for no reason.
That's funny, the earth's magnetic field measures around 500
milli-gauss. Also, take a look at this:
http://www.greenfacts.org/power-lin...wer-lines-1.htm
The table at the bottom would indicate that we're wallowing in much
stronger magnetic fields than you've measured from a cell phone. Add
to that the fact that no one has convincing evidence that magnetic
fields of _any_ strength are hazardous. But don't let that stop you
from having fun with your gadget.
Some years ago, one of the buildings used by my employer had a very
high voltage line running quite close to it. People who's offices
were on that side of the building were complaining of not feeling well
after working there a while. On investigating further, we found that
all the complainers had PC's in their offices and used them quite a
bit. Knowing that CRT monitors can be influenced by external magnetic
fields we tried shielding the monitors - but not the people. Problem
solved. But we decided it was easier to move people away from the
field if they had a computer monitor in their office than to shield
all the monitors from the field. We believed that the feeling of
unease was caused by a small but perceptable jitter of the computer
display caused by the magnetic field, i.e., the problem was really
visual - not magnetic.
Klein
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