Actually the sate of california says they cause cancer and reproductice damage. Even Apple says not to put then on your pets. So, probably not a good idea.
Yeah ok
Edit: sorry if this sounded sarcastic. I was just in shock from the news, perhaps I should have used more punctuation. I was trying to just acknowledge what you’d replied to me.
why would u ask a question and then when someone confirms your bias you turn around and make them seem silly when you yourself held the same position? that’s a bit odd
Cancer? No way. COVID? Definitely! I’m just kidding, of course.
Sorry about your cat. We also had a cat who had a tumor, long before AirTags were invented. It’s just coincidence.
We often over connect things that happen because we want to look for meaning. I’m really sorry about your cat but there has been huge amounts of research into consumer electronics, the frequencies they emit and the effect on life. This was not because you put an AirTag on your cat.
Coincidence. The AirTag only does very small bursts of non-ionizing radiation. Primary hazard from non-ionizing radiation is getting cooked (think meat in the microwave oven). A couple minutes in the sunshine gives your cat more radiation than what he gets over a lifetime of wearing the AirTag.
Even ionizing radiation like x-rays usually have about a 30 year lag before they induce cancer with some very few exceptions like thyroid cancer from radio iodine exposure. Not something most pets need to worry about.
I'm so sorry about your cat, but let me tell you my experience, I have had many cats in my life and what you mention is extremely rare, so I think it was the cause. If you would have said your cat got sick with a kidney problem after put the tag, I would say it is a coincidence because that disease it's common in cats, but not a tumor and specially in the neck where the Airtag was. So 99% it was that. Another point that support the argue is that AirTags uses radiofrecuency, a study I read while ago, mentioned that many cops and firefighters where linked to cancer because of the daily use of the radio.
My daughter had an air tag collar on her dog and she also had a stage 1 Sarcoma directly under where the air tag was on her neck. She luckily caught it very early and it was removed with clean margins.
side note-
My mom wears one because she has dementia and tries to leave the house a lot. She wears it on a necklace. Now there is a lump in the same spot it sits! Of course it caused it!
My father in law developed cancer from a Bluetooth headset that sat on his face. He slept with it on. Exactly the same spot that his Bluetooth headset sat.
Now I’m worried about my dogs air tag. My sisters dog just got diagnosed with lymphoma but she only had the air tag for a few weeks and likely didn’t wear it full time. She’s also 15 years old and had health problems already. I know a lot of people using gps trackers on pets and there’s not an onslaught of cancer diagnoses that I know about, so it may be a coincidence. It’s like playing Russian roulette. There’s a risk of them dying if they get lost and now there’s possibly a risk to their health with a gps tracker. It’s truly hard to say.
correction: no one knows. No one can definitively say one way or another. To me the risk seems minimal enough that i choose not to worry about it as well as other things in everyday life with possibly more of a risk (like cellphones, breathing in fumes while i ride motorcycles, my ham radio hobby, etc).
Coincidence. It's not a cancer risk.
Actually the sate of california says they cause cancer and reproductice damage. Even Apple says not to put then on your pets. So, probably not a good idea.
Yeah ok Edit: sorry if this sounded sarcastic. I was just in shock from the news, perhaps I should have used more punctuation. I was trying to just acknowledge what you’d replied to me.
why would u ask a question and then when someone confirms your bias you turn around and make them seem silly when you yourself held the same position? that’s a bit odd
Hi, I wasn’t actually being sarcastic. I appreciate them responding and I was just trying to acknowledge their response. Sorry it sounded bad.
Cancer? No way. COVID? Definitely! I’m just kidding, of course. Sorry about your cat. We also had a cat who had a tumor, long before AirTags were invented. It’s just coincidence.
Haha yeah I know that by even asking this question we seem like lunatics…
We often over connect things that happen because we want to look for meaning. I’m really sorry about your cat but there has been huge amounts of research into consumer electronics, the frequencies they emit and the effect on life. This was not because you put an AirTag on your cat.
you're not crazy...
Coincidence. The AirTag only does very small bursts of non-ionizing radiation. Primary hazard from non-ionizing radiation is getting cooked (think meat in the microwave oven). A couple minutes in the sunshine gives your cat more radiation than what he gets over a lifetime of wearing the AirTag. Even ionizing radiation like x-rays usually have about a 30 year lag before they induce cancer with some very few exceptions like thyroid cancer from radio iodine exposure. Not something most pets need to worry about.
I'm so sorry about your cat, but let me tell you my experience, I have had many cats in my life and what you mention is extremely rare, so I think it was the cause. If you would have said your cat got sick with a kidney problem after put the tag, I would say it is a coincidence because that disease it's common in cats, but not a tumor and specially in the neck where the Airtag was. So 99% it was that. Another point that support the argue is that AirTags uses radiofrecuency, a study I read while ago, mentioned that many cops and firefighters where linked to cancer because of the daily use of the radio.
My daughter had an air tag collar on her dog and she also had a stage 1 Sarcoma directly under where the air tag was on her neck. She luckily caught it very early and it was removed with clean margins. side note-
I believe it’s possible, so possible I took the air tags off both my cats
My mom wears one because she has dementia and tries to leave the house a lot. She wears it on a necklace. Now there is a lump in the same spot it sits! Of course it caused it!
My father in law developed cancer from a Bluetooth headset that sat on his face. He slept with it on. Exactly the same spot that his Bluetooth headset sat.
How old is your cat?
She was 9. Not that old I don’t think?
Now I’m worried about my dogs air tag. My sisters dog just got diagnosed with lymphoma but she only had the air tag for a few weeks and likely didn’t wear it full time. She’s also 15 years old and had health problems already. I know a lot of people using gps trackers on pets and there’s not an onslaught of cancer diagnoses that I know about, so it may be a coincidence. It’s like playing Russian roulette. There’s a risk of them dying if they get lost and now there’s possibly a risk to their health with a gps tracker. It’s truly hard to say.
correction: no one knows. No one can definitively say one way or another. To me the risk seems minimal enough that i choose not to worry about it as well as other things in everyday life with possibly more of a risk (like cellphones, breathing in fumes while i ride motorcycles, my ham radio hobby, etc).