EMF Radiation aquarium pumps

[Rizzobitz]

I've never seen Gauss as a unit before. I had to look up what Gauss measured. Well, it measures magnetic field strength. Not EM radiation.
With that being said, anything with a magnet inside it will cause the needle to spike. A lot of electronics will make the needle move too. But that's why the filter and pumps cause the spike.

10000 Gauss is 1 Tesla. An MRI exposes you to 1-3 Tesla.
The magnetic field from the equipment connected to the tank (.00000001 Tesla) is nothing to worry about. It'll produce some extra heat in the area. But not dangerous radiation.

Comparing milligauss to tesla (a deadly amount of radiation) isn't actually fair.

Cell phones which only produce 5-10 milliguass have been found to disrupt sperm count and motility.

In this article published by the World Health Organization it states that a "pooled analyses of epidemiological studies demonstrate a consistent pattern of a two-fold increase in childhood leukaemia associated with average exposure to residential power-frequency magnetic field above 0.3 to 0.4 µT. "
http://www.who.int/peh-emf/publications/facts/fs322/en/

100 milligauss (what you get standing next to the aquarium pump) = 10 ut which is over 20x's the amount of radiation in the above study where children developed leukemia.

 

[Rizzobitz]

I'm not scanning through 70 pages but the aquarium equipment isn't producing any harmful radiation.
Milligauss is measuring magnetic field not em radiation.

Just saying, you don't have anything to worry about. Unless the equipment catches fire. Then you have a problem lol.

Actually that is not true. Microgauss is electromagnetic field measurement. The tool I purchased measures EMF and it is considered a form of radiation.

Wikipedia:

Electromagnetic radiation (EM radiation or EMR) is the radiant energy released by certain electromagnetic processes. Visible light is electromagnetic radiation, as is invisible light, such as radio, infrared, and X-rays.

Classically, electromagnetic radiation consists of electromagnetic waves, which are synchronized oscillations of electric and magnetic fields that propagate at thespeed of light through a vacuum. The oscillations of the two fields are perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the direction of energy and wave propagation, forming a transverse wave. Electromagnetic waves can be characterized by either the frequency or wavelength of their oscillations, which determines their position in the electromagnetic spectrum, which includes, in order of increasing frequency and decreasing wavelength: radio waves,microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, X-rays andgamma rays.

Electromagnetic radiation can be classified into two types: ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation, based on the capability of a single photon with more than 10 eV energy to ionize oxygen or break chemical bonds. Ultraviolet and higher frequencies, such as X-rays or gamma rays are ionizing, and these pose their own special hazards: see radiation and radiation poisoning. The electric currents that flow through power sockets have associated line-frequency electromagnetic fields.[1] Various kinds of higher-frequency radiowaves are used to transmit information – whether via TV antennas, radio stations or mobile phone base stations.

 

[Rizzobitz]

I'm just sharing an interesting fact and giving a friendly cautionary to people who might be interested.

I think you should do whatever you want. On any given day most of us expose ourselves to 10 or 100 things that can cause ill health or death. None of us live in a bubble.

 

[PJ1]

Hahaha ehh oh well you already tried to explain it. Nothing else to do

 

[ehh]

Hahaha ehh oh well you already tried to explain it. Nothing else to do

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[predatorkeeper87]

I feel as if any item with a magnet, as ehh has stated, is going to send any type of meter off the charts without fail. I don't see pond pumps emitted enough radiation to warrant any serious concern. A router, tv or computer sure, but not a magnetic pump. I could be off base however.

 

[Drstrangelove]

I'm just sharing an interesting fact and giving a friendly cautionary to people who might be interested.

I think you should do whatever you want. On any given day most of us expose ourselves to 10 or 100 things that can cause ill health or death. None of us live in a bubble.

I like this. Well said. And thanks for sharing.

 

[Brian Rodgers]

Think about all the wifi signal blasting you everywhere you go.

As a professonal WiFi installer, I get this feedback often. I counter it with "the best security for WiFi is 50 feet away. Now think about how far away the cell phone tower is. Now that is a big difference in microwave radiation power." I'm saying our phones put out much more radiation than our WiFi does.

 

[Hendre]

So we are constantly enradiating our fish with radiatio caused by motors? Im taking this with a pinch of salt

 

[jwh]

...and the impact on fish, living within inches of this effect?