ioillusion

When I worked for a mobile company years ago (the mid 1990s). They explained that the likelihood of cell mutation from electromagnetic radiation was extremely low, but went up with higher frequencies. I don't recall what the probabilities by frequency, magnitude, and duration over an entire lifetime were, but I haven't carried a cell phone in my pocket or used it next to my head since. I wish I'd kept a copy of the pamphlet, it disappeared pretty quick.

GizaDog

What about the stuff that is passing through at all the time?

TheBuddha

The screen you're reading this with bombards you with more radiation than a cell phone radio. You're constantly bombarded with radiation of much greater strength.

qwop

That's why EMFs (Electromagnetic Fields) from computers are also harmful. However "more radiation than a cell phone radio" is not quite so simple. Frequency plays a big role, and magnetic vs electric fields also affect you differently.

From a monitor the biggest radiation source is the power supply, which is built into most monitors. This produces both 50/60Hz fields, as well as high(er) frequency fields (under 100kHz) from its switching-mode operation. In addition to that, the DC electronics produce their own fields, but these fields are much lower in power.

They are lower in power because they are not geared for radiation.

Contrast that with a mobile phone which is specifically geared for microwave 2+GHz radiation, AND you're putting it right next to your brain. Remember; electromagnetic radiation follows the inverse square law, which means if you double the distance you decrease the radiation to 1/4th. So distance is everything. Your monitor is far away from you and not designed for radiation, your phone is designed for radiation, and pressed into the side of your head.

TheBuddha

Tune your radio to static. All that is radiation, across the spectrum, and it's bombarding you.

The cell phone output is insignificant, even with regards to distance. if you want to believe there's a measurable health risk, that's fine, but science tells us otherwise. If you're worried about that, you should probably avoid things like sunlight.

qwop

Static on an AM or FM radio equates mostly to no signal. You do realize that? The signal is the radio station. If you hear static, it means there is nothing there.

Also, can you explain why your microwave oven is tuned to 2450 MHz, and not for example 1MHz? Do you know why? If you don't, then you don't know the physics of microwave radiation.

Also what is the frequency of light? How does the frequency of light compare to microwave radiation? What exactly IS an electromagnetic wave? How does it work? How is an electromagnetic wave different from let's say a sound wave?

How do electromagnetic waves affect matter? Do they affect matter at all? If they do, how?

If you don't know the answers to those questions, then you don't know what you're talking about.

TheBuddha

The static you hear when tuned to no station is electromagnetic radiation. Do you even understand the subject?