Do electric blankets cause cancer?

For a number of years, people have heard reports of electric blankets causing cancer. Some people dismiss this as nothing more than an urban legend, while others insist there is a scientific basis for the idea. In fact, there has been a great deal of study into the relationship between electric blankets and cancer. read more

Low- to mid-frequency EMFs, which include static fields (electric or magnetic fields that do not vary with time), magnetic fields from electric power lines and appliances, radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, and visible light. read more

But no matter what important variable was considered -- age, duration of use, whether those with cancer had estrogen-dependent tumors or not -- the answer was the same: Electric blankets did not appear to increase the risk for developing breast cancer. read more