What Are The Health Risks?
Regardless of whether we end up using one technology over another, wireless charging is bound to be met with fears over the harmful side effects of directing currents in a room. People may imagine radioactive waves traveling around damaging our health.
But the two main consortiums say they are on top of it, making sure that their technologies are entirely safe.
The WPC has published guidelines on exposure limits and standards based off of recommendations from a scientific committee called the ICNIRP. They claim that there is no evidence of a link to cancer or other health issues when these levels and standards are observed.
Since the electromagnetic waves are categorized as non-ionizing radiation, they are believed to be harmless. But if they were to get too strong, there may be higher risks when standing close to the wireless chargers.
It seems as though the current products are not transmitting a high enough amount of energy to be that worrisome, but if the technology does develop to larger distances and higher wattages, these questions may gain more validity.
“Because the coupling is achieved using predominantly magnetic fields, this technology may be relatively safe,” Mangharam said. “Newer technologies transfer power over a magnetic field and hence do not have the same health repercussions of transferring over an electric field.” (Business Insider)
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