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Hi Netland!

I have an interesting subject to broach, one that has caused my
curiosity to be piqued during a recent discussion.

The idea is this...
Recently, I heard a theory that Electric Blankets (eg. a fairly heavy
cotton/synthetic mix double layer cloth, with two interleaved woven
heating coils sandwiched in between), emits enough electromagnetic field
energy that, if the user sleeps on one all night for some period of
time, it can cause sterility, in people (of both sexes) who are already
pre-disposed to sterility.  THere is also some notion that they can
cause cancer.

  Does anyone have any more info on this.  ??
Namely...
1.  What does it mean to be "pre-disposed" toward sterility?
2.  How long is "some period of time", months, years ?
3.  Is there any field emitted when the blanket is switched off?
4.  What about the cancer risk?

Obviously, the simple answer is, no one really knows yet, but it would
be safer to use the device to just heat up a bed, and when one actually
climbs in to bed, the blanket should be turned off.

I think there has been some research done on this, but I would be
interested to see people's reaction.

Please Email me with your ideas/suggestions/statistics, and I will
compile a summary of all the best and fairest answers.

David Emrich
gude@uniwa.uwa.edu.au