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Re:Exposure to environmental toxins may be root of rise in n... by blueflow on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:11PM (#33320237)
I thought sunlight was ionizing radiation? We literally get irradiation damage (sunburns) from it.
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Re:Exposure to environmental toxins may be root of rise in n... by marginalia_nu on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:15PM (#33320278)
Sure. The energetic end of the visible spectrum is weakly ionizing, more so in the UV spectrum. But ionization is not why the bug starts smoking.

You can start a fire with a sufficiently high powered infrared laser too.

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Re:Exposure to environmental toxins may be root of rise in n... by nickff on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:42PM (#33320654)
I think it's worth noting that a magnifying glass actually blocks/filters out UVB, and substantially reduces UVA. Feynman famously watched Trinity with only a truck windshield to protect him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(nuclear_test)
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