Posted by Svetaswan on
URL: https://www.es-forum.com/laptop-dangers-tp4026710p4026711.html

My electromagnetic sensitivity didn't seem to begin in earnest until I started using a laptop.  All of those years I used a desktop extensively - and I had few to no problems (though I've learned some things in recent years that make me believe that I may have been sensitive to the 60 Hz refresh-rate of the CRT screen).  

If I had a bigger bedroom or an extra room in my house - I think I would have tried going back to a desktop.  Maybe I'm wrong (other factors can come into play) - but there just may be something about the much roomier desktop casing that effectively reduces/eliminates radiation - and/or shields us from it better.  

There could be something about compressing these components into the much tighter casing of a laptop that produces more bothersome radiation, or increases our exposure to it.  Did I read at one point that higher temperatures (which occur in a tight laptop case which restricts air circulation) can effectively "amplify" certain types of radiation?

Anyway - it seems that I have found that "propping up" the bottom of the laptop in some way (raising it so that more air is able to circulate underneath it) can noticeably reduce the discomfort that I feel.  

Seriously - if companies built laptops so that there is 1 to 2 inches of space between the bottom of it and the table....it may help tremendously.  Because whenever I simply pick up my laptop so that its bottom is suspended in the air - I feel some relief.  The heat is better able to dissipate - and not as much heat "bottlenecks" and comes up through the keyboard/trackpad areas.  

It seems that many companies focus too much on portability (not to mention economy) - therefore scrimping on features that may make us safer.  Many users rarely - if ever - carry their laptops outside of their homes.  I certainly don't.  Therefore, I wouldn't mind a laptop that has "stilts" or is 3.5 inches thick - if these things would reduce the radiation/heat that I feel.

I also should have been using an external (USB) keyboard/mouse so that I don't directly touch the laptop - I'm afraid that I haven't been doing this.  

~Svetaswan