Timeline for Is non-ionizing radiation known to cause any health issues?
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| Nov 29, 2016 at 21:37 | comment | added | tuskiomi | This infographic is very misleading. for the first graphic, rgb adjustment, green should be 555nm, red should be 650nm, but blue is about right. | |
| May 23, 2013 at 4:06 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jan 12, 2013 at 3:37 | vote | accept | Garrett Fogerlie | ||
| Jan 8, 2013 at 1:03 | comment | added | Garrett Fogerlie | @ChrisW Interesting, I'll read the link when I have a sec, thx. I know the story has been around for a long time, my dad was a EE in telecom and he had heard something similar involving a drunk person > 30 years ago. Mythbusters may have even done a show on it, I don't recall the outcome, but my guess would be that at best it would have been plausible. | |
| Jan 8, 2013 at 0:51 | comment | added | ChrisW | @GarrettFogerlie That story was allegedly invented by a member of a Skeptics society, to test whether people believe what they read on the internet - see nmsr.org/darwiner.htm for details. But anyway, the WHO document which I cited says there are known effects, at the following dosages: "whole body or localized exposure to RF fields sufficient to increase tissue temperatures by greater than 1°C"; "An SAR of at least 4 W/kg" in the 1 MHz to 10 GHz range; and "power densities over 1000 W/m2" at above 10GKhz. | |
| Jan 8, 2013 at 0:18 | comment | added | Garrett Fogerlie | @EnergyNumbers +1 for the retna, and cell death, I didn't think of the retna, and didn't know about the cell one. As for the microwave, I originally had a exception for heat, but edited it out cause my explanation made the question a bit confusing. When I was in high school a Darwin Award was given for someone who died because they stood in front of a microwave dish to keep warm. Follow this link for the story, it's funny. Sad and stupid if true. Thx for the answer! | |
| Jan 7, 2013 at 22:37 | history | edited | Oddthinking♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Clarified a surprising fact, assuming some others are as ignorant as I was.
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| Jan 7, 2013 at 21:54 | comment | added | 410 gone | @ChrisW - good point - microwave note added | |
| Jan 7, 2013 at 21:54 | history | edited | 410 gone | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 7, 2013 at 21:50 | comment | added | ChrisW | Similarly, high-intensity microwave/radar radiation can have health effects: WHO's Electromagnetic fields and public health: radars and human health | |
| Jan 7, 2013 at 20:21 | history | answered | 410 gone | CC BY-SA 3.0 |