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by martiuk 4334 days ago
Non-Ionizing radiation means exactly that.

http://www.hpa.org.uk/webw/HPAweb&Page&HPAwebAutoListName/Pa...
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commandar 4334 days ago
Non-ionizing radiation can still be harmful.

That said, the power levels emitted by wifi devices are so far below any safe exposure limits that it's laughable.

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a8da6b0c91d 4334 days ago
Non-ionizing radiation has biological effects. Magnetic fields have biological effects. This is not controversial! Many replicated experiments prove it!

I am not going to say Wifi causes cancer because I don't know (doubt it). But this reflexive bleating about non-ionizing radiation needs to stop. Radio waves do not have to break DNA to affect biological tissues. They can alter many important chemical reactions.

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sliverstorm 4334 days ago
You could say the same thing about a summer breeze. They have biological effects too.
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a8da6b0c91d 4334 days ago
Your point being? I dare say spending most of each day out in a continuous breeze might have some noteworthy effects. Skin disease?
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sliverstorm 4334 days ago
Something having biological effects proves absolutely nothing.

Non-ionizing radiation has biological effects. Magnetic fields have biological effects. This is not controversial!

So?

Also, if you are worried that spending a lot of time "exposed" to a light breeze is going to give you skin disease, you might want to read about hypochondria because you have it.

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