[Ti] Laptop Health Warning!

[Michael Bigley]

>We aren't savvy enough to know what exposure levels
>are safe.  Until we establish safety levels born from certainty and a causal
>understanding then we must exercise good judgment.  Keep the laptop elevated
>off your lap.

This reminds me of the WWII tales of soldiers standing in front of 
the Radar antennae prior to going to town on a pass... for birth 
control. This was prior to our understanding that this temporary 
sterility was not a good thing and lead to things like testicular 
cancer, which was also experienced by police officers who let the 
radar guns lay idle in their laps.

While the laptop emissions surely don't approach either of those 
levels... prolonged exposure could, in fact, lead to at least minor 
health risks for men in particular. Of course, that begs the 
question: what is a "safe" distance?

There are warnings now that using cell phones should always be done 
with antenna extended and to switch the phone from side to side, as 
those who developed tumors attributed to cell phone use said they 
always used the phone in one position.

- Mike
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