Does the iPhone Earbud transmit radiation diretly into the head???? (serious)

Earphones do not transmit cell phone radio waves or any kind of radio waves.

Extensive medical studies have shown that cell phones do not emit enough radiation to have any medical impact.

No.

Earphones and speakers in general do not emit radiations. It's a physical movement inside that moves the air at a certain rate for you to hear sounds.

They're mechanical waves, not electromagnetic. No danger for your brain, just your eardrum.

The electromagnetic waves coming from your iPhone for cellular transmission can't be conducted by other objects, only blocked.

Earbuds reduce the small amount of radiation exposure you'd get in the first place by keeping the phone away from your head. The earbuds just transmit the audio.

VideoNewbie said:

even if the earbud was used during a phone call?

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And where does the antenna for the mobile phone remain?

VideoNewbie said:

even if the earbud was used during a phone call?

do you have a scientific source that says earphones don't transmit radiation?

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Even then.

I don't need a "scientific source". All earbuds are are little magnets with some copper wire and plastic. The only thing they can do is receive radio waves and generate sound waves. Remember, sound waves are not the same as radio waves.

@VideoNewbie: Do some reading on the difference between ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation. Don't let media hype about "radiation" and its association with nuclear power (which would be ionizing radiation) leave you in fear of the broad category of commonplace non-ionizing radiation.

If you look around the room you're in right now, everything you see is emitting or reflecting radiation (light is radiation). In fact you're explicitly exposing yourself to radiation in order to read this sentence.

A simple wiki or google search could have answered it for you if you want scientific answers better to do the research yourself than relying on random people on an apple forum.

TheIguana said:

And where does the antenna for the mobile phone remain?

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The antenna is on the phone, not the earbuds.

VideoNewbie said:

even if the earbud was used during a phone call?

do you have a scientific source that says earphones dont transmit radiation?

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Do you have a scientific source that says earphones do transmit radiation?

Jordan921 said:

Do you have a scientific source that says earphones do transmit radiation?

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Try this:

http://www.oit.uci.edu/telephone/cell-safety/hands-free.html

VideoNewbie said:

i know all electronic devices emit some kind of radiation but with the earbuds on the iphone being connected to a cellular device would this mean you are assisting to transmit the radiation directly into your head? earbuds reach closer to your brain than say casual use of a cellphone right?

does airplane mode greatly reduce amount of radiation?

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You clearly need to learn about radiation. Do you know that the sun emits radiation? How about the ground? How about smoking? How about your smoke detector? How about EVERYTHING?

verwon said:

Try this:

http://www.oit.uci.edu/telephone/cell-safety/hands-free.html

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Aren't the Apple earbuds wired?

As to the actual risk from cell phone radiation, I got this the other day for my work. It's the latest medical research findings:

http://www.epocrates.com/dacc/1111/mobilephoneBMJ1111.pdf

AKSenator said:

Aren't the Apple earbuds wired?

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Did you look at the article? Wired is still considered hands free and they cover it in there.

Do wired headsets transmit RF radiation? You bet. They will pick up a portion of the RF transmitted by the phone, along with other sources. The portion is a SMALL one, and not enough to measure without really expensive equipment.

Did you know humans emit radiation? It's in the IR range, but radiation none the less.

Stay away from extremely short wave / ionizing, and you'll be fine. Or will you?

I see a tinfoil hat in the OPs future....

paulrbeers said:

I see a tinfoil hat in the OPs future....

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Perhaps a house built inside a faraday cage too?
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I get annoyed with people who freak out about cell phone radiation and they get drunk and then drive, or drive while texting, smoke, take illegal drugs, or abuse prescription drugs, ride motorcycles, don't exercise, etc. These all have much higher proven risk of injury and death than any cell phone (unless you are talking on the cell phone while weaving down the interstate at 80).
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If you are seriously worried about the possible radiation from cell phone earbuds just get rid of cell phone and go back to a landline phone, but get a wired phone, not a cordless phone.

Give up all your modern possessions. Move out in the middle of a forest. Don't go out into the sun. Don't eat nuts or bananas or most anything really.

Do all of the above and you are still constantly exposed to radiation.

People need to educate themselves and stop being ignorant followers of the most recent fear mongering hype presented by the nearest Internet blogger or even main stream media.

Educate yourself, don't rely on others, and damn, JUST ENJOY LIFE!!!

Everything causes cancer.

verwon said:

Extensive medical studies have shown that cell phones do not emit enough radiation to have any medical impact.

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Sure, they said the same thing about the full-body scanners at airports.

treyjustice said:

Everything causes cancer.

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source?