> > The 'OMG electrical radiation' crowd like to bring up a study that 
> > found preganant women who used electric blankets miscarried more.
> > They blame
> > electricity, of course, when it was simply that the women 
> were getting 
> > too hot.
> 
> was that proven to be a cause? I would guess that women who 
> don't feel to well to beging with are more likely to use an 
> electrical blanket  and are more prone to miscarriage. A 
> statistical relation need not be cause-and-effect..


Saw something a long time ago that said as much.  IIRC, it was extreme
cases, crank the blanket to 'high' and leave it on all night type stuff.

Naturally, 'electric blanket' + 'miscarriage' = 'OMG electric radiation'.

Maybe there's a follow-up that refutes that.

Tony

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