Whats your cellphone radiation?

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yhelothar

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Originally posted by: 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.

Microwaves emit radio frequencies also. That's what microwaves are - radio frequencies!
900W of anything will do damage to your skin, but it doesn't mean it's radioactive and will cause cancer.
 

imported_Aelius

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If there is no ill effects then why have a cap at 1.6 in North America and 2.0 in Europe. What difference does it make?

Any of you genius' think of that?
 

jagec

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Judging by my reception, oh, about zero.

Then again, judging by my battery life, it must emit a TON.
 

Amused

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Originally posted by: Aelius
If there is no ill effects then why have a cap at 1.6 in North America and 2.0 in Europe. What difference does it make?

Any of you genius' think of that?

Again, please point to one valid peer reviewed and repeated study that shows any real world harm from cell phone radiation.

Genius hell, did you think at all?
 

DrPizza

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Originally posted by: Aelius
If there is no ill effects then why have a cap at 1.6 in North America and 2.0 in Europe. What difference does it make?

Any of you genius' think of that?

Amused and virtualgames0 are absolutely correct. Cell phones do not cause any harm, nor can they cause any harm (other than what heat can do if there is too much energy) Reason for the cap at 1.6 or 2.0: same reason as a lot of other laws. There was a public fear, public demanded their politicians do something about it. AKA knee-jerk reaction.