Whats your cellphone radiation?

[EyeMWing]

Originally posted by: Staples
I looked it up once. It was like .87 or so.

When does the phone actually emit radiation? Only when you are talking on it I have always believed but if that is incorrect, I might be radiating parts of my body that I would not want radiated.

It emits a small locator beacon type signal every few seconds when powered on and not in a call (to let the network know it's still there). Beyond that, it's mostly just listening. But yes, you are irradiating your wang.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: johnjohn320
Look, I'm not a doctor or a scientist, so you may be right. But the general public *did* believe the tobacco companies for a number of years because Congress was listening to the scientists those companies paid to do research on the subject. Philip Morris didn't officially accept that direct smoking causes cancer until 1999-how long until we prove the effects of second-hand smoke? That debate rages on. I'm not a paranoid person, I use my cellphone just like every other joe-but I won't wait until something is "official" to believe it's possible.

The general public did NOT believe the tobacco companies. Their denials were the longest running joke in history. The rate of smoking in the US dropped LONG before 1999 (it peaked in the 60s). Showing that people believed their doctors, not the tobacco companies.

Again, it is not the communications companies telling us there is no proof of harm with cell phones. It's the failed studies of those trying to prove there is harm that shows us there is no valid evidence of harm.

So your example doesn't even apply.

 

[Regs]

At work we test swipe radioactive packages and waste containers and the maximum level allowed is 2.2 for safe transport. So I recollect these phones are safe.

 

[Trente]

1.38 Digital

How come Motorola products lead the 10 highest-radiation cell phones (in the US) chart?

 

[InlineFour]

tmobile mda - not listed.

 

[RGN]

0.55 Nokia 7610

 

[jai6638]

Sony Ericson k750i Digital: 0.66; no analog.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

3595 1.08 n/a GMLNPM-10

 

[slpaulson]

Motorola E815: 1.24

 

[ElMonoDelMar]

E815 1.24

 

[yhelothar]

I'm surprised how many ATOTers have no clue about what radiation is, and assumes it's something negative.
The electromagnetic spectrum includes a wide range of frequencies, from gamma rays to visible light, to radiowaves.
It can be classified into two types, ionizing and non-ionizing. Ionizing radiation are the ones where the wavelengths are smaller than your cells, thus disrupting them and causing cancer. Non-ionizing radiation, like visible light and microwaves, do not do anything to you.
Cell phones emit microwave radiation, just like every other wireless device in your home, like your wi fi, cordless phones, etc. Microwave radiation is a form of radiowave that has a frequency between 1GHz and 1000GHz. The type of radiation that hurts you is 100,000,000GHz, in the extreme side of the ultraviolet spectrum.

 

[Scouzer]

.92

 

[Staples]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Non-ionizing radiation, like visible light and microwaves, do not do anything to you.
Cell phones emit microwave radiation, just like every other wireless device in your home, like your wi fi, cordless phones, etc. Microwave radiation is a form of radiowave that has a frequency between 1GHz and 1000GHz. The type of radiation that hurts you is 100,000,000GHz, in the extreme side of the ultraviolet spectrum.

I remember looking at a radiation chart and seeing that microwaves are in the harmless spectrium however, an actual 900w microwave can do quite a bunch of damage to your skin. I am not sure if it can cause cancer but it can certainly accelerate the movement of molecules making things very hot. If microwaves are harmless, what is it about kitchen microwaves that make them able to do damage?

 

[Eli]

Samsung SGH-X495 - 1.36

Ouch.

 

[eits]

PM-A840
1.29 0.77
A3LSPHA840

this thread is useless unless i know how to convert these numbers to milliroentgens.

 

[gabemcg]

Originally posted by: tRaptor
Moto E815 1.24

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: eits
PM-A840
1.29 0.77
A3LSPHA840

this thread is useless unless i know how to convert these numbers to milliroentgens.

uh, we're not dealing with milliroentgens here... lol

The number is the SAR - Specific Absorbtion Rate - a measure of how much radiofrequency energy is absorbed by the body.

We're not talking about X-rays or gamma rays.

I wonder how many of you realize that CRTs emit X-rays. Granted, its limited to 0.5 milliroentgens/hr or less, but still....

 

[Amdiggidy]

0.89 = Motorola RazrV3

My hair's not falling out yet, so I guess I'm ok for the time being.

 

[astrocase]

Originally posted by: Staples

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Non-ionizing radiation, like visible light and microwaves, do not do anything to you.
Cell phones emit microwave radiation, just like every other wireless device in your home, like your wi fi, cordless phones, etc. Microwave radiation is a form of radiowave that has a frequency between 1GHz and 1000GHz. The type of radiation that hurts you is 100,000,000GHz, in the extreme side of the ultraviolet spectrum.

I remember looking at a radiation chart and seeing that microwaves are in the harmless spectrium however, an actual 900w microwave can do quite a bunch of damage to your skin. I am not sure if it can cause cancer but it can certainly accelerate the movement of molecules making things very hot. If microwaves are harmless, what is it about kitchen microwaves that make them able to do damage?

There is a grate on the front of your microwave that stops the radiation from getting out. Assuming that wasn't in there and assuming you got into the microwave, you'd have to stay there for a while since what it does is excite the water molecules in your food/body.

Cell phones emit radio frequencies though.

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: johnjohn320
Look, I'm not a doctor or a scientist, so you may be right. But the general public *did* believe the tobacco companies for a number of years because Congress was listening to the scientists those companies paid to do research on the subject. Philip Morris didn't officially accept that direct smoking causes cancer until 1999-how long until we prove the effects of second-hand smoke? That debate rages on. I'm not a paranoid person, I use my cellphone just like every other joe-but I won't wait until something is "official" to believe it's possible.

The general public did NOT believe the tobacco companies. Their denials were the longest running joke in history. The rate of smoking in the US dropped LONG before 1999 (it peaked in the 60s). Showing that people believed their doctors, not the tobacco companies.

Again, it is not the communications companies telling us there is no proof of harm with cell phones. It's the failed studies of those trying to prove there is harm that shows us there is no valid evidence of harm.

So your example doesn't even apply.

To be honest, I wasn't alive in the 60s. I was going on what my parents/grandparents told me. Shrug.

 

[neutralizer]

0.46 digital

 

[Rubycon]

Don't use a cellphone but this Motorla Astro Saber III can come through some audio gear if used too closely. It will also light a compact fluorescent lamp if the antenna is placed against the tube when the radio is keyed. It's a 4W UHF output so probably much worse than a cell phone.

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: Amused
Nothing like worring about something that has not been shown to cause any harm whatsoever by any valid peer reviewed and repeated studies.

Meh... it could have some influence on the brain... but thats what drugs are for!

 

[Tiamat]

Samsung D500, Not listed. Probably ~.6-.8

 

[Fraggable]

MPx220 0.75 n/a IHDT56EV1