Re: Do zappers work? User opinion counts

First, there is reason to be concerned about electromagnetic radiation. You have been bombarded with massive doses of 60 Hz for your entire life and yes, too much of it is bad. Sleeping under an electric blanket is strongly related to leukemia as is living too close to those high tension power lines.

However, sleeping under an electric blanket for 8 hours a night is probably 1000 times the dose that you would receive from zapping for a month.

Basically, it is fairly well established that frequencies below 1 MHz are safe in small doses. You even absorb far more radiation in that range from your television. What is of major concern is frequencies above 100 MHz, especially in the GHz range where some frequencies can literally cook you in short time ( microwaves ).

Quit worrying about zappers, you have 1000 times the threat from your Cell Phone , microwave oven, or even your computer or I-Pad. The FCC tells us that these are safe but still, they are over 1000 times worse than any zapper. As a Ham radio operator ( not any more, I did not renew my license after 20 years ), I know quite well about these risks.

If there was a significant risk, I would not let my family use these but almost everyone in my family has one. Even my mom and my dad had one.

Yes both of them have passed on. My Mom was 94 and Dad was 86.
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