“We have no reason to believe 5G is safe”

Re:“We have no reason to believe 5G is safe” by jdietrich on Monday October 21, 2019 @12:38PM (#21314277)

>Therefore, 99.9999038793% of the energy emitted is at wavelengths shorter than 1E-4m (0.1mm).

Shorter wavelengths have higher photon energy. It's the short stuff that you have to worry about.

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Re:“We have no reason to believe 5G is safe” by ttgfbvcxgfd on Monday October 21, 2019 @01:47PM (#21315109)

Sure, ionizing vs non-ionizing but millimeter waves do do localized, penetrating, heating and the intensity of millimeter radiation from 5G is orders of magnitude stronger than that from the Sun.

Is it consequential? Probably not, but the OP's original comparison of 1000 W of Sun vs. 100W from a tower and nW from cell phone is disingenuous.

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Re:“We have no reason to believe 5G is safe” by egdod on Monday October 21, 2019 @01:30PM (#21314889)

As a general heuristic, sure. But that is hardly an airtight thing.

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