Obviously, I have some fans over at Consumer Reports.  At least on their cars blog.  Why?  Because after a story I did, analyzing the electromagnetic fields coming from electric cars, on Natural News was published, I reprinted it here.  Now Consumer Reports has done their thing with it, testing various vehicles and showing the results.

It’s an important issue, I think, because the mythology surrounding EMFs and EMRs (electromagnetic radiation) is pervasive and generally misunderstood.  One EMR is not like another and some EMFs are smaller and less potent than others.  The problem lies in the hearsay surrounding various home experiments with EMF radiation from cars, often using the wrong instrumentation for the job and in conditions that are less than perfect.  I outlined this in my own article, explaining how proper EMF testing should be done on a vehicle.

Consumer Reports apparently read that and went with it.  At least, that seems to be the case.  They didn’t consult me or anything.  Of course, my article was so perfectly written, they probably didn’t need to.  I am, after all, the shizznit.

Anyway, the CR tests ranged the gamut of vehicles from a Chevrolet Cobalt to a Toyota Highlander Hybrid.  The results are pretty interesting.   The best marks on their list go to the big, gas-guzzling, non-hybrid SUVs while the worst goes to a tiny “fuel efficient” sedan and a hybrid pickup truck – both from Chevy.  Makes me wonder what the mG on the Volt will be.

All told, however, none of the numbers are high enough to be of any known medical concern.  Knowing this, I would still avoid Governmenteneral Motors products (though my personal reasons are more than just for EMF concerns).

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