{"id":1921626,"date":"2023-04-30T12:57:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T16:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ev-charging-may-cause-electromagnetic-interference-in-cardiac-devices-study\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T13:01:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T17:01:23","slug":"ev-charging-may-cause-electromagnetic-interference-in-cardiac-devices-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ev-charging-may-cause-electromagnetic-interference-in-cardiac-devices-study\/","title":{"rendered":"EV charging may \u2018cause electromagnetic interference&#8217; in cardiac devices: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fev-charging-may-cause-electromagnetic-interference-in-cardiac-devices-study%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1921626&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<h2>Is Charging Your Electric Vehicle Safe for Pacemaker and Defibrillator Users?<\/h2>\n<p>\n        <span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">N<\/span>ew<br \/>\n        <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research<\/a><br \/>\n        suggests precautionary measures should be taken by people with<br \/>\n        <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/healthcare\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pacemakers and defibrillators<\/a><br \/>\n        when charging<br \/>\n        <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/electric-vehicles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electric vehicles<\/a>.\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        According to a new study published in <i><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/europace\/advance-article\/doi\/10.1093\/europace\/euad042\/7081492?login=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EP Europace<\/a><\/i>,<br \/>\n        EV high power chargers have the \u201cpotential to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ev-charging-may-cause-electromagnetic-interference-in-cardiac-devices-study\/\" title=\"EV charging may \u2018cause <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ford-to-drop-am-radio-from-most-new-vehicles\/\" title=\"Ford to Drop AM Radio From Most New Vehicles\">electromagnetic interference<\/a>&#8216; in cardiac devices: Study&#8221;>create strong electromagnetic fields<\/a> and cause electromagnetic interference in pacemakers and defibrillators, leading them to malfunction.\u201d\n      <\/p>\n<h3>What the Study Found<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The study included 130 patients using a pacemaker or defibrillator.<\/li>\n<li>It considered electromagnetic interference over the course of 561 high power charges.<\/li>\n<li>No adverse interactions were detected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        \u201cThe risk of malfunction of pacemakers and defibrillators is extremely low in this situation. Sitting inside the car or standing next to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-insurance-companies-in-st-louis-refusing-to-cover-kias-and-hyundais-due-to-theft\/\" title=\"Some Insurance Companies in St. Louis Refusing to Cover Kias and Hyundais Due to Theft\">charging cable<\/a> or charger is also safe,&#8221; Dr. Carsten Lennerz of the German Heart Centre Munich said. &#8220;However, we would recommend not placing the charging cable directly over the cardiac device to maintain distance from the charging elements.\u201d\n      <\/p>\n<h3>What Precautions Should You Take?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not place the charging cable over your cardiac device.<\/li>\n<li>Do not stay near the charging cable for an extended period of time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n        The study did not look at interactions between the cardiac devices and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/automakers-jack-up-prices-on-electric-vehicles\/\" title=\"Automakers Jack Up Prices on Electric Vehicles\">home chargers<\/a>. \u201cHome charging is likely safe with sensible precautions, such as not staying next to the charging cable for extended periods of time,\u201d Lennerz added.\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/ram-ev-truck-500-miles-charge-ny-auto-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEW RAM EV TRUCK THAT CAN GO 500 MILES PER CHARGE UNVEILED AT NEW YORK AUTO SHOW<\/a><\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research suggests precautionary measures should be taken by people with pacemakers and defibrillators when charging electric vehicles. According to a new study published in EP Europace, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology, EV high power chargers have the \u201cpotential to create strong electromagnetic fields and cause electromagnetic interference in pacemakers and defibrillators<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1921627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[8897,6005,14259,8212,25461,9553,4866],"class_list":["post-1921626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cardiac","tag-cause","tag-charging","tag-devices","tag-electromagnetic","tag-interference","tag-study"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1921626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1921626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1921627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1921626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1921626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1921626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}