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Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by hollerith on Monday May 13, 2024 @05:40PM (#40348826)
Just because it doesn't ionize atoms doesn't mean it can't have biological effects.
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Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by Qem on Monday May 13, 2024 @06:12PM (#40349146)
Some bacteria secrete small iron oxide crystals and are able to use those to sense magnetic fields[1]. Our guts are full of bacteria. Wonder if a nearby RF emitter can cause some of them to run amok. They surely tested the effects of cellphones in human tissues, but I doubt the same was done to bacterial cells.

[1]. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetotactic_bacteria

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Re:Colorectal cancer incidence in teens up 300% since 1999 by JumpCrisscross on Monday May 13, 2024 @08:38PM (#40350298)
> bacteria secrete small iron oxide crystals and are able to use those to sense magnetic fields

There is preliminary evidence "that MTB in the gut are associated with grey matter volume in magnetite-rich brain regions related to orientation and navigation" [1].

> Wonder if a nearby RF emitter can cause some of them to run amok

This was explored (and dismissed) in the early noughties [2], when cell-phones-cause-cancer was enjoying a halcyon. (I think it was radiation from CRTs before that. Probably non-organic vegetables today.)

[1] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00343-021-0495-1

[2] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15376948/

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