Re: Dangers of SSTCs ! ! ! Measured

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

You're confusing non-ionizing (EM from phone or TC ) and ionizing ( from K40
in bananas) radiation here.  They have very different biological effects.

And, while the effects of the radiated EM field from a cell phone is subject
to some debate in terms of eventual effects, there is no debate about
whether some of the EM field is being absorbed in your head: it is.  The
debate is whether that few milliwatts, hopefully spread over a fairly large
(10 cm) area can do anything. It won't raise the temperature enough to do
anything (i.e. the temp variations are smaller than normal variations for
other reasons: room temp, sunlight, etc.), but there are those that feel
there are "athermal" effects just from the field. Such effects have been
seen in somewhat contrived lab experiments (i.e. single cells floating in
growth medium in glass tubes, etc.)

However, Mark is right that there are numerous would-be entrepreneurs trying
to capitalize on the confusion surrounding EM and ionizing radiation.

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Subject: Re: Dangers of SSTCs ! ! ! Measured


 > Original poster: "Mark Broker by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>
 >
 > The radiated power of cordless and cellular phones is hardly enough to
 > become concerned about, except perhaps by the scam artists - err,
 > "enteprenuers" - trying to sell the gullible, reactionary mass public "RF
 > blockers" for their phones. . . .
 >
 > Here's an interesting piece of triva: the potassium from eating one
bannana
 > a day for a year will cause a higher absorbed doses than the maximum
 > recommended value for a "normal" human.  One of my physics prof's worked
 > out the math once.  I don't know about you, but I'll continue eating
bannanas.
 >
 > Regards,
 >
 > Mark Broker
 > Chief Engineer, The Geek Group
 >
 >
 >
 >
 > On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:23:21 -0700, Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >
 > >Original poster: "Jolyon Vater Cox by way of Terry Fritz
 > ><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jolyon-at-vatercox.freeserve.co.uk>
 > >
 > >Isn't power of a mobile phone miniscule in comparison to that of a tesla
 > >coil or a microwave oven.
 > >I mean it's not as if you can draw sparks or light a flourescent tube or
 > >even an NE-2 neon bulb from a mobile phone as far I know (although
perhaps
 > >someone should check that out just in case I'm wrong!)
 >
 > <snip>
 >
 > >Many people associate microwaves with radioactivity despite the fact that
 > >they are unconnected in same way that they equate "radiation" with
"nuclear
 > >radiation" from H-bombs and Chernobyl
 > >and more recently "electromagnetic radiation" with  a wide range of
 > >ill-defined health problems caused by power lines and radars
 > >despite the fact that the term electromagnetic radiation in fact refers
to
 > >everything in the spectrum from radio waves through heat and light to
 > >gamma-rays.
 > >Isn't it just a bit silly to be running in blind terror from  nasty words
 > >like "microwaves" and "radiation" without stopping for a moment to check
out
 > >what these words really mean?
 > >
 > >
 > >Jolyon
 >
 >
 >
 >