Where are the health physics studies on the back-scatter x-rays and the terahertz today? They are, I suspect, the same place we were during the Manhattan Project, that is just guesses with few real data points. But unlike the Manhattan Project where very few were subjected to these novel forms of radiation, we are here exposing the whole damn country.
That’s dangerous.
Oops, I missed this one.
Yup, most of our data comes from Germany 1939-1945 (shudder), Manhattan, the Japanese bombings, and animal studies at HPRR at Oak Ridge. Maybe a bit more from RHIC Livermore on space radiation.
Not likely there will be more.
Terahertz, I think ADL did some microwave-millimeter wave-terahertz studies in the 70’s, using warehouses full of mice. Nothing conclusive was found, at least no clear hazard.
We are incapable of conducting meaningful studies on these issues now, I think. The data we have is the data we use.
I work a bit with THz, what amazes me is that it’s so close to light that lens structures are effective as antennas are. Not glass, naturally, but lenses and Fresnel plates can be used. With microwave, these structures would be huge.