In this episode, Sam thinks she's sitting down to talk exclusively about the supposed "dangers" of Bluetooth and wireless headphones. Ha. As if she could get through a single Google search without going down a 20-subject rabbit hole, ultimately staying up way past her bedtime to bring you a much more comprehensive episode about every type of radiation, where it comes from, and how dangerous (or not dangerous at all) it really is!

Listen to this episode if you saw your favorite influencer throw out her microwave oven and your favorite Healthtokker slander AirPods on the internet.

Key moments:

00:34 CAPS LOCK updates for over the holidays

01:49 Wireless headphones origin story

04:49 How Healthtokkers use fear mongering to sell us products

09:40 What are EMR (electromagnetic radiation) and EMF (electromagnetic fields)?

09:52 Natural and manmade sources of radiation

10:49 Mechanical waves vs. electromagnetic waves

11:31 The electromagnetic spectrum (all the different types of waves and radiation)

12:31 Where radio, phone, WiFi, Bluetooth, and TV fall on the radiation spectrum

13:36 How much radiation is your microwave oven putting out?

14:46 Where infrared falls on the radiation spectrum (heat sources)

15:47 Can you see and/or feel radiation?

16:15 The human body literally emits radiation!!!

17:13 Your lightbulbs probably emit more radiation than your microwave

18:18 THIS is where radiation starts becoming dangerous (according to current science)

18:27 Ionizing vs. non-ionizing radiation

19:07 Can non-ionizing radiation still harm you?

20:56 How dangerous are x-rays?

21:17 The most dangerous type of radiation

21:55 How you might get exposed to gamma rays in your life

22:11 THIS radiation is the #1 cause of lung cancer in non-smokers and the #2 cause overall and TBH we are all exposed to it and we should really be talking about this more??????

24:01 What do you MEAN cancer treatment is exposure to gamma radiation????

26:12 Are our electronic devices giving us cancer?

27:13 So why are radio waves a group 2B (possible) human carcinogen due to possible increased risk of brain cancer?

30:29 How human carcinogens are classified

31:06 Some other 2B possible carcinogens, for context… @ Diet Coke lovers

32:21 The bottom line on cancer risk

34:17 Is this type and level of radiation affecting your fertility?

35:22 Electromagnetic sensitivity and electrohypersensitivity disorder

38:20 Changes you can make if you want to be extra cautious about your daily EMR/radiation exposure

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