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Re:Inaccurate chart led to unwarranted fears of 5G wireless ... by TheSoftwareGuy on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @09:16AM (#20459065)
>You're saying that the higher bands of 5G cannot even penetrate the human skin. So this means that the human skin (and I assume at least a couple of layers of body under the skin) effectively absorbs all the energy of the signal that reaches it. This is one of the main concerns.

The top layer of skin (the epidermis) is dead skin cells. Cancer is when cells start reproducing uncontrollably, and dead cells don't reproduce anyway. Its the living cells that you need to protect

Re:Inaccurate chart led to unwarranted fears of 5G wireless ... by corodra on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @09:19AM (#20459096)
Didn't you just dismiss all concerns of uv radiation from the sun since it just hits the top layer of the skin?
Re:Inaccurate chart led to unwarranted fears of 5G wireless ... by merpnderp on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:39PM (#20461350)
You're comparing 400nm wavelengths to 1cm wavelengths. Ultraviolet obviously penetrates the top layer of the skin as it is much more energetic.