{"id":27620,"date":"2020-05-05T12:47:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T02:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=27620"},"modified":"2020-05-05T12:47:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T02:47:30","slug":"airpod-radiation-may-cause-brain-damage-leading-scientist-warns-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=27620","title":{"rendered":"AirPod Radiation May Cause Brain Damage, Leading Scientist Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/airpod_Radiation.jpg\" alt=\"airpod Radiation\" class=\"wp-image-27621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/airpod_Radiation.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/airpod_Radiation-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple says the AirPod satisfies FCC requirements for close-range radiation levels.  But a UC Berkeley scientist is now warning that AirPods might result in irreversible brain damage, including an erosion of the blood-brain barrier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As wireless headphone sales start to surge, serious concerns over close-range radiation effects and possible brain damage are surfacing.  Those concerns are now hitting overdrive as Apple prepares the release of the AirPod, which promise a torrent of non-stop wireless communications just millimeters from the brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018You are putting a microwave-emitting device next to your brain.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those AirPods, which complement a wireless-only iPhone 7, could shift users from traditional earbud-based voice communications and listening towards Bluetooth-powered communication and audio.  That could pose serious, long-term dangers, with the AirPod stuffing high-tech radiation right into your ear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-digital-music-news\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6LuAZHy5Nt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/2016\/09\/11\/airpod-brain-damage-radiation-threat\/\">AirPod Radiation May Cause Brain Damage, Leading Scientist Warns<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;AirPod Radiation May Cause Brain Damage, Leading Scientist Warns&#8221; &#8212; Digital Music News\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digitalmusicnews.com\/2016\/09\/11\/airpod-brain-damage-radiation-threat\/embed\/#?secret=5HtawNBJHx#?secret=6LuAZHy5Nt\" data-secret=\"6LuAZHy5Nt\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple says the AirPod satisfies FCC requirements for close-range radiation levels. But a UC Berkeley scientist is now warning that AirPods might result in irreversible brain damage, including an erosion of the blood-brain barrier. As wireless headphone sales start to surge, serious concerns over close-range radiation effects and possible brain damage are surfacing. Those concerns &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=27620\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;AirPod Radiation May Cause Brain Damage, Leading Scientist Warns&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-tips-basic","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27622,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27620\/revisions\/27622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}