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Here's a fringe opinion you likely haven't heard before. I think that small quantities of continuous RF really aren't a problem.[1] I think it's the rapid edges of packets that are the problem. The envelope of a modern TDMA/CDMA signal, as a series of packets, creates a little heating, then none, then a little heating... this is true for bluetooth, cell phones, WiFi, etc. Sometimes you'll hear the packets in your speakers, if you get some rectification of the signal because they're too close to your WiFi access point, for example. In the end, it's making an audio frequency noise, albeit very small, that likely causes the most issues. I suspect those little ripples disrupt things, just a bit. I've not seen any studies that go in pursuit of this tangent of thinking. I'm totally willing to admit I could be wrong. But in this modern era of lost institutional trust, I can't be sure. --- [1] After all, we ham radio operators used to walk around with 5 watt output (or more) handy talkies, right next to our heads all the time. The power levels these days are tiny compared to that. |