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From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: AC-DC at wall current voltage
Message-ID: <6690001@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
Date: 1 Nov 90 00:34:33 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
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(Robert T. Weverka) /  8:45 am  Oct  6, 1990 / writes:

>PS.  Yes the desire to convert the blanket is motivated by the cancer scare
>of 60Hz magnetic fields.  Yes I know that the evidence is not conclusive 
>(for a review see 9/90 IEEE Spectrum), but this is a better safe than sorry
>type situation to be installed in my kid's bed.

If you really want safety for your kid - get rid of the electric blanket.
No one has ever been electrocuted by a plain blanket.
 
Bill