Very Low Risk from Cellphone/Powerline interferenc

• by BillH
• 2016-02-11 06:02:55
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Here are a couple of new studies using current devices and smartphones.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/847277
This includes 2 studies. Both of these study where done on all types of devices. Both of these where presented at conferences and have not been peer reviews

The first is one fields from high tension power lines. Only devices that with high sensitivity settings unipolar leads.

""Things are always changing. So tell them that there are risks of EMI out there," she said. "However, don't live in fear. In this study, the risk was very small, which should reassure people and not create panic."

Dr Tommaso Infusino (Sant'Anna Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy) told heartwire that he has a particularly strong interest in this study because many people in his region of Italy live in housing that's underneath big power lines. And there have been several reports by these residents of interference with device monitoring.

"In this study, they didn't see a problem for the patients who were at normal, standard settings. And I don't know anybody who programs in unipolar mode," said Infusino, who was not involved with this research.

"But still, of course, I'll tell patients to keep this in mind. I'd say, 'don't stand under high-voltage wires' and to make sure all settings are perfect.""

In the second study was smartphones. Out of 308 people tested on one had a problem and that was limited to 2 brands of phone and only within specific modes.

http://europace.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/02/07/europace.euv374
This is a journal article where patients with wireless enabled lICD's was test.

Neither the magnet in the speaker or the phone operating in different modes had any affect on the ICD.