QUOTE(cbinn @ Dec 9 2011, 01:10 AM)
If we have to worry about that, then we better worry even more about the handphone we are using everyday, that small piece of device is emitting many many times more harmful radiation than any component in the Insight, and we putting it right at our ear and adjacent to our brain sometimes for hours in a day, that could be more time than we spend in the Insight.
Actually there was a case filed by a guy in US who went to the FDA against earlier 2000+ Honda Insight. (Read it a few weeks ago when doing research before buying my Insight.) The studies he conducted showed a very high level of Electro Magnetic Field in the car which may cause occupants in the car health problems over the long run, including the big c. Interestingly, it may also cause drowsiness which is even more interesting as I found myself extremely sleepy a few times on a several long trips. Normally I can just shake it off at the R&R but those times I had to sleep it off. But nothing on shorter trips.
|Copied from this website:http://www.hybridcars.com/safety/hybrid-emf-risk-still-uncertain.html
EMFs Are a Legitimate Concern
The National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute say that there are potential hazards of long-term exposure to strong electromagnetic fields—with specific cancer risks for people living near high-voltage utility lines. EMFs are all around us—produced by everything from cellphones to electric blankets.
Home Tests Can Produce High, But Inconclusive, Readings
A small number of hybrid drivers became ill after buying a hybrid. Complaints have ranged from high blood pressure to falling asleep behind the wheel. Those hybrid owners, and others, have used field-strength testing instruments and found EMFs at levels exceeding various international standards for safety. However, those standards are uneven and vary in result based on the testing equipment and procedure.
Carmakers Say No Problem
Not surprisingly, hybrid-producing car companies downplay the risks. A spokesman for Honda, Chris Martin, points to the lack of a federally mandated standard for EMFs in cars, and says that most people use the wrong devices to test. In a company statement, Toyota said that hybrid vehicles produce the same low levels as conventional gasoline vehicles, and therefore "there are no additional health risks to drivers, passengers or bystanders.”
The Issue is Unresolved
The New York Times quoted Jim Kliesch, a senior engineer for the clean vehicles program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, "It would be a mistake to jump to conclusions about hybrid EMF dangers, as well as a mistake to outright dismiss the concern. Additional research would improve our understanding of the issue.”
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