| Bluetooth headsets are even worse than | | | | From what has been said about how cell phone |
| conventional headsets. Here's why. Bluetooth | | | | radiation harms us we know that when we talk |
| technology is wireless technology in which a wired | | | | or send information over a Bluetooth connection |
| connection has been replaced with a receiver and | | | | of any kind we're being exposed to the |
| transmitter and this connection communicates on | | | | information-carrying radio wave. And it is this |
| a 2.4 gigahertz frequency. This is the same | | | | wave that does the damage. So, Bluetooth |
| frequency used by a microwave oven. However, | | | | devices are not any safer than non-wireless |
| the power used to send these frequencies is | | | | devices and, in fact, can be more dangerous due |
| very low. In fact, the signal strength is only about | | | | to the continual exposure of radiation to the head. |
| 1 milliwatt of power, whereas a cell phone can | | | | Here's something else to question. With the |
| operate on a signal of up to three watts. So the | | | | Bluetooth earpiece worn on the ear and with |
| lower power used by Bluetooth technology limits | | | | radiation being emitted continuously, will we see |
| range to around 30 feet. But here's the problem. | | | | damage to the auditory nerve or perhaps |
| When the earpiece is worn on the head it is on | | | | damage to the inner ear at some point? Will this |
| continually. And although the power is less the | | | | continual radiation exposure damage hearing in |
| radiation exposure is constant even when no | | | | some way? These are questions that remain |
| conversation is occurring. At least with a cell | | | | unanswered. |
| phone you lay the phone down when the | | | | Learn more about cell phone radiation and EMF |
| conversation is concluded. Not so with a Bluetooth | | | | protection. |
| earpiece. Secondly, this is a wireless connection. | | | | |