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To: Blueflag

Sigh. Why do you insist that radiation be ionizing to affect anything?

See also microwaves & popcorn.
See also MRI and imaging.

Harmful...well, what are the proposed mechanisms, and the proposed effects? That’s never very well specified, is it?


41 posted on 04/06/2020 3:29:29 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

Microwave ovens are high powered emitters with wavelengths matched to the ‘resonance’ of water molecules. They are designed to excite and thus heat the water and also the fat/oil in that popcorn bag. Certain military RADARs also can cook/kill tissues. It’s how RF, particularly high powered RF, affects what it penetrates.

Sunlight can burn you thermally and otherwise.

MRI, or magnetic RESONANCE imaging employs lower frequency RF (lower than xray) for form images that is non destructive.

Computed tomography, CAT or PET for example do employ wavelengths that could be harmful if over used. Obviously the ‘harmfulness’ of these wavelengths and wattages can be used for good- like killing tumours.

RF affects what it penetrates.

Let’s say you already knew all that. OK.

Well if you have a modest understanding of RF and biology then it should be easy to infer that a 1/4 watt RF source 15 feet away, with wavelengths 6 orders of magnitude less than Xrays. Is NOT going to hurt you.


55 posted on 04/07/2020 3:39:37 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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