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Fact Check: No, Ear Buds Do Not Emit Harmful Radiation Dangerous To Human Brain

Last Updated:March 20, 2025, 14:43 IST Bluetooth earbuds emit non-ionizing EMF radiation, which is not harmful to the human brain. Claims comparing their radiation to microwave ovens are false. Use responsibly to avoid hearing damage Bluetooth devices emit non-ionizing EMF radiations that are not harmful to human brain. (Telugu Post) Claim: Bluetooth devices like ear

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World

Radiation taints ‘fairytale’ memories of US creek

Sophie Williams BBC News, Washington DC Theo Welling Radioactive material was dumped near the creek after World War Two After Kim Visintine put her son to bed every night at a hospital in St Louis, Missouri, she spent her evening in the hospital’s library. She was determined to know how her boy had become seriously

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Science

Heartbreaking tale of American deformed by nuclear radiation who was abandoned and viewed as a ‘monster’

Tim Mason, 27, was abandoned by his soviet mother when he was just an infant. He was born in Moscow, Russia in April 1997, 11 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine. This nuclear meltdown began on April 26, 1986 and led to the largest release of radioactive material into the environment in human history. As a result of this

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World

Russian Drone Hits Chernobyl Nuclear Radiation Shield, Ukraine Says

The structure at Chernobyl that was hit on Friday is a huge arching shelter covering what remains of the crippled reactor. The meltdown spewed radiation into the atmosphere and contaminated an 18-mile zone around the plant that residents were forced to leave. The protective structure, which resembles an aircraft hangar, was completed in 2016. It

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U.S.

Ukraine claims Russian drone hits CHERNOBYL power plant: Shelter protecting the world from radiation is damaged – as IAEA monitor for signs of deadly leak

By ELENA SALVONI Published: 02:28 EST, 14 February 2025 | Updated: 02:56 EST, 14 February 2025 Russia launched a drone attack on the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant overnight significantly damaging a radiation shelter, Ukraine has said, sparking fears of a deadly leak. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said on X that a Russian attack drone ‘with a high-explosive warhead

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Health

Methylene blue’s been touted as a miracle cure for cancer and as protection from radiation on flights. Now doctors reveal the fascinating truth about the dye – and who MUSTN’T take it

Last week, a short video of one of America’s most prominent politicians adding a blue dye to his water turned a niche Victorian-era medicine into an overnight sensation. Robert F Kennedy Jr, the presumptive US health chief, was recorded on a flight using a pipette to add droplets of the cobalt-blue liquid to his drink.

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Science

Cellphone radiation warning as researchers reveal new risk factor for 5G networks

Anyone uploading videos of their scenic hike in a rural area with 5G is exposed to nearly twice the radiation of someone in a city, according to a new study. Researchers believe the extra radiation stems not from 5G cell towers, but from users’ own mobile devices which work overtime to get out a signal

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Science

Radiation levels in New York spike as mysterious drones terrorize the Northeast

Radiation levels have spiked in New York City, fueling conspiracy theories that the drones terrorizing the Northeast are searching for a missing nuclear warhead. The emissions, clocked by GQ Electronics’ Geiger Counter World Map, were detected near the Bronx and Upper West Side Wednesday. The application shows a radiation reading of 1048 counts-per-minute (CPM), i.e.

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Science

Species in Chernobyl is mutating to ‘feed’ on nuclear radiation

A fungus at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has adapted to ‘feed’ on levels of radiation that would be lethal to most life forms.  Cladosporium sphaerospermum is a highly resilient black fungus that scientists have observed growing on the walls of the Number 4 reactor, which triggered the explosion and fire that destroyed the

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Science

Berkeley startup wins award to develop radiation treatment

Whether its lead from old buildings, arsenic from contaminated food or strontium fallout from a nuclear explosion, heavy metals that enter the body pose a serious health threat. With chemical properties exceedingly similar to typical nutrients like iron and calcium, toxic metals look virtually the same to the body. So, it starts incorporating the toxic

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