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card_zero
199 days ago
Potentially as much as none, because it's UV that does the damage?
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consp
199 days ago
At some point it pretty much becomes a microwave. Radiation get absorbed and turned into heat. On a small scale not very helpful or harmful. On a larger scale nice to heat your food with but not your head.
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nimih
198 days ago
You'd have to be moving pretty fast to red-shift IR radiation into microwaves, I think.
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thih9
199 days ago
I guess IR can be harmful (IR lasers, military grade IR LEDs). But yes, likely not the consumer grade IR LED.
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