[Phys-L] Re: Natural Gas versus Electricity

[rtarara at SAINTMARYS.EDU (Rick Tarara)]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Polvani, Donald G." <donald.polvani@NGC.COM>

> What are the thoughts of the list on using electric blankets when
> sleeping at night?  Right now my wife, who always feels colder than m=
> e,
> preheats our electric blanket before getting into bed.  She then shut=
> s
> it off when going to sleep because of concerns (which I share) that
> there might be a cancer risk in long term use of the blanket.

Cancer risk??   Based on??

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