Hidden Hybrid Automobile Dangers, What You Should Know About EMFs?????

[debos]

Hybrid Dangers: Hidden Hybrid Automobile Dangers, What You Should Know About EMFs

is there any truth behind this, or can anyone offer some insight.....??

[V8Cobrakid]

the EMF fields found near your cellphone and portable radios are higher than the prius in almost every way.

[NoMoShocks]

In the late 80, it was Waterbed Heaters and Electric Blankets.

[cdma77]

Pure rubbish, you PC monitor emits much higher levels of radiation! Some jackass sold his car based on some psudeo science!

[richard schumacher]

Curious, we just had a long discussion of this recently, yet the search function returns no results for "EMF".

Anyway, there were multiple references to published studies from the last 20 years showing no clear evidence of biological effects from weak, low frequency fields such as those present inside a Prius. "no clear evidence" here means "orders of magnitude less dangerous" than things like exposure to Sunlight, second-hand cigarette smoke or Diesel exhaust, being overweight, driving without a seatbelt, and lots of other stuff.

[jayman]

Oi, here we go again. First the Prius was "smoke and mirrors," then a pseudo-marketing company claimed a Hummer was cheaper to own, now we have these invisible rays zapping us

Too early in the day for a stiff drink, but I need one right now. Hmmm, wonder what all that drinking is doing to my liver ..... ?

What else in the area of scare tactics? Oh right, apparently little kids are blundering into hybrid cars because they are "too quiet"

[atroader]

Magnetic flux is proportional to current... so unless you're operating on electric only, there is not much flux b/c there is not much current (generally) coming from the battery. Most of the prius current comes from MG1 going to MG2, so the flux is contained in the engine bay along w/ the high-frequency magnetism coming from the DC-AC inverter.

You'd be worse-off sleeping with a heating pad all of the time. Anyone work near induction furnaces? Now that's some non-ionizing radiation to worry about.

[David Beale]

The magnetic fields generated by the cars' systems are -MUCH- lower than the earths magnetic field. So if you're worried, better leave the earth. Bye!!

[qbee42]

If you wear a tinfoil hat and aluminum underwear you should be okay. I wouldn't drive any distance without protection.

Tom

[brick]

Would this explain all the times I've hopped in my Prius and woken up in a Wal-Mart parking lot with hatch full of chewing gum and a thank-you note from some chick named Lonnie? 'Cause that was kind of fun the first time but gets old as soon as Ebay is so saturated with Wrigley's that I can't make my money back anymore. I also have this new **OOAAAHHHGH** twitch. It's ok, I'm sure others will start posting about it in the technical forum with a link to the TSB. More duct tape in the mean time...