Episode Details

AirPods! Love them or hate them, they’ve become one of the top tech accessories for Apple’s crazy popular iPhone series. But just because something is popular doesn’t mean it’s safe, and since their release in 2016, there have been concerns that AirPods could be detrimental to your health. With the newly released AirPods Pro, it seems that claims about AirPods causing cancer have resurfaced.

What’s the source of these claims and the panic that ensues? And what can AirPods actually do to your brain?

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Sources / Credits:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zvbzxQi87adKMiHBK5woyHHI8w8Azqt3PoOquBHX0b0/edit

Intro:
https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-iphone-accessories/

[The Concerns / Rumours]
https://www.businessinsider.com/do-airpods-cause-cancer-2019-3
https://elemental.medium.com/are-airpods-and-other-bluetooth-headphones-safe-214a0449e13a
https://hypebeast.com/2019/3/apple-airpods-cancer-risk-study
https://www.businessinsider.com/do-airpods-cause-cancer-2019-3
https://www.emfscientist.org/images/docs/International_EMF_Scientist-Appeal.pdf
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324382.php#2
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324382.php#2
https://www.leaf.tv/articles/do-bananas-cause-cancer/
https://www.businessinsider.com/california-cancer-warnings-coffee-2018-4

[The Science]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation#/media/File:EM_spectrumrevised.png
https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-electromagnetic-radiation-605069
https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/vwimages/RFSafety01EN.png/$file/RFSafety01EN.png
https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/nonionizing_radiation.html
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/emf/index.cfm
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT207010
https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/bluetooth1.htm
https://www.icnirp.org/cms/upload/publications/ICNIRPemfgdl.pdf

[EMF Readers]
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lKzRtmSIMsVMGiXpjDqVav5JvYu4z4bYQRsInSLaIdo/

[Do AirPods Cause Cancer?]
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-vqNlf4kRnHbmY24wT1R0bP67Uz9ZIC269aw7f_zt1Q/

[Conclusion]