Cell phone headsets: recommendations?

[Guest guest]

Mercola's newest newsletter warns against using wired headsets without

ferrite beads (that he conveniently sells). That sounds reasonable. But

what about Bluetooth headsets? Obviously they're a radiation source too,

but presumably it's much, much weaker, since Bluetooth is only meant to

transmit a few feet, versus many miles for cell phones. Is it weak enough

to be safe? Or is Bluetooth bad too?

Anyone have any opinions or information? I know the best option is to

avoid cell phones entirely, but unfortunately that's off the table for me,

at least for now and probably for the foreseeable future, so I'd like to

get the safest possible solution to the problem.

TIA,

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[Guest guest]

I bought a Bluetooth wireless headset a while ago due in part to Mercola's

advice. A year or two he was advocating both Bluetooth wireless headsets and

headsets that have the speaker and electrical wiring located near the phone,

with an acoustical tube leading the rest of the way to the ear. I wasn't able to

find the latter so I got the former. Unfortunately, it's a pain to use my

wireless headset with my phone (a relatively new Sony sson). I have to turn

on Bluetooth on the phone, turn on the headset if it's not dead (seems to get

drained after a week or two of disuse), and then try to remember the way to make

a call with the headset (it's different from the normal procedure). Given all

that work, it's impossible to try to answer a call like that unless I used the

headset for every call, and it would be inconvenient to have to carry the

headset and charger around. I mainly purchased the headset to use for longer

calls that I make at home in the evening. Also, the headset

only works reliably within a meter or so of the phone!

I won't bore you with any more details, but suffice it to say that it's a pain

and and as a result I rarely use it. A regular wired headset, however, is just

plug and play, and there's no messing with phone settings...so if these ferrite

(doesn't that just mean iron?) beads actually work that sounds like a great

option.

I find it suspicious that Mercola advocated Bluetooth in the past, but on this

new page, which is essentially an advertisement for his product, he mentions

ferrite beads and using a speaker phone as the only options.

Tom

Idol wrote:

> Mercola's newest newsletter warns against using wired headsets without

> ferrite beads (that he conveniently sells). That sounds reasonable. But

> what about Bluetooth headsets? Obviously they're a radiation source too,

> but presumably it's much, much weaker, since Bluetooth is only meant to

> transmit a few feet, versus many miles for cell phones. Is it weak enough

> to be safe? Or is Bluetooth bad too?

>

> Anyone have any opinions or information? I know the best option is to

> avoid cell phones entirely, but unfortunately that's off the table for me,

> at least for now and probably for the foreseeable future, so I'd like to

> get the safest possible solution to the problem.

>

> TIA,

>

>

>

> -

[Guest guest]

> I find it suspicious that Mercola advocated Bluetooth in the past, but on this

> new page, which is essentially an advertisement for his product, he mentions

> ferrite beads and using a speaker phone as the only options.

>

As much as I hate all the marketing he's introduced, i admire Mercola for

being able to change his mind and his message as he learns new information.

I was searching for something not long ago when I came across a 5-year-old

article on his website lambasting Sally Fallon and Enig for daring to

challenge the virtues of soy. It was pretty funny.

Elaine

[Guest guest]

--- Elaine <itchyink@...> wrote:

> As much as I hate all the marketing he's introduced, i admire Mercola for

> being able to change his mind and his message as he learns new information.

.....or as he signs new deals for marketing new products

-Pratick

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[Guest guest]

Exactly. He seems to be a very intelligent and principled guy and you're right

Elaine, he's demonstrated that he is not dogmatic and is willing to change his

views in light of new information. However, he introduced an inherent conflict

of interest when he decided to peddle the products he promotes, and that will

always make me suspicious unless I am *intimately* familiar with the

person/company and their practices.

It's my impression that most of what he sells is not through " deals " he signs;

rather, he likes and recommends a product so he carries it and makes a profit

off it. (The ferrite beads for cell phones might be an exception since he seemed

to be claiming they were exclusive.) It still poses a minor conflict of

interest.

Tom

Pratick Mukherjee wrote:

> --- Elaine <itchyink@...> wrote:

>

>>As much as I hate all the marketing he's introduced, i admire Mercola for

>>being able to change his mind and his message as he learns new information.

>

>

> ....or as he signs new deals for marketing new products

>

> -Pratick