Although intended for expecting mommies, Belly Armor Belly Blankets are something anybody who spends a lot of time with their laptop on their lap should consider. Owning my own business and working from home half the week, I spend a good bit of time hunkered down on my chaise with my Pomeranian, typing away on my laptop. I’ve known for some time about the risks of radiation, particularly to one’s reproductive organs, when keeping a computer on your lap, but I’m not a big desk person, and have been putting off finding a viable healthy solution to this issue in favor of my own coziness. Bad me!
So you can imagine how happy I was to literally stumble upon the Belly Blanket… The perfect solution to my quandary! Even in summer months, I’m usually under a light blanket while I work, so this type of shield is preferable to a bulkier laptop tray designed to have the same effect.
Is radiation from laptops really that big a deal? Recent research points to yes. Earlier this year, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer declared radiation from laptops and other wi-fi enabled electronic devices a possible human carcinogen due to the effect it has on various parts of the body, including testes and skin. If it can mutate sperm, I’m not going to stick around to find out what it can do to delicate lady-parts, or worse yet, a developing fetus!
A shield such as this is vital for expecting mothers, and I’m starting to think not shielding from electromagnetic radiation just isn’t worth the risk for the rest of us either.
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Natasha Uspensky, chhc
Holistic Health & Nutrition Counselor
