> Hi, I have a question regarding audio speakers and brain cancer.  My
> brother died of brain cancer several years ago, at about the same age
> that I am now, so I am a bit leery of things that might cause an
> increase in risk of devloping brain cancer.  Anyway, ever since
> childhood I have used buzzing sounds or white noise to aid in sleep.
> There is just something very soothing about hearing a constant buzz
> (or white noise from a program on my PC), and I sleep much better when
> the buzz is present.  My favorite buzzing sound is actually from the
> alarm function of a radio/clock made by General Electric a long time
> ago (I would guess the late 1970's), a model C4315A.  Well, I have
> over the past few months taken up the habit of sleeping with the
> speaker of the clock a couple of inches from my ear, because it feels
> much more soothing than leaving it several feet away on a table.

> The speaker is 3.5 inches wide.  So my question is this: does this
> 1970's, 3.5 inch wide, speaker pose an increased risk of brain cancer
> if it is so near my ear for several hours at a time?  I read in an old
> newsgroup message that MRI's irradiate the head with EM fields that
> are several orders of magnitude greater than a speaker could generate,
> and nobody has problems with those, but then nobody has an MRI for 7
> hours a day every day.  Any thoughts?  Thanks a lot!

> The speaker is 3.5 inches wide.  So my question is this: does this
> 1970's, 3.5 inch wide, speaker pose an increased risk of brain cancer
> if it is so near my ear for several hours at a time?  I read in an old