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Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations by hammock on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @03:18PM (#42392436)
Is there any theorizing or research being done around potential non-heating harmful effects of non-ionizing radiation?
Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations by kstrauser on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @05:24PM (#42393712)
Not directly, because there's no plausible hypothesis by which it could cause any biological effects whatsoever.
Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations by FollowingTheDao on Thursday December 12, 2024 @10:44AM (#42400102)
Yes, there is. And a hypothesis needs to be tested. Science!

Polarization: A Key Difference between Man-made and Natural Electromagnetic Fields, in regard to Biological Activity

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep14914

Ion Channels seem to be effected by EMFs even at powers that we are subjected to every day.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33945157/

Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations by hammock on Thursday December 12, 2024 @01:20PM (#42401759)
Interesting. Thanks for sharing
Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations by rpaddock on Thursday December 12, 2024 @04:06PM (#42403322)
Microwave News (nothing to do with Microwave Ovens) covers the non-heating research.

https://www.microwavenews.com

Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations by rpaddock on Thursday December 12, 2024 @04:11PM (#42403369)
The book "The Body Electric: Electromagnetism And The Foundation Of Life" by Robert Becker and Gary Selden, is a foundational book for this research. First published in 1998.

Becker in his research found that lower power levels could have biological effects, everything else being equal, than higher power levels.

Re:FCC opens entire 6 GHz band to low power device operations by rpaddock on Thursday December 12, 2024 @04:20PM (#42403466)
“DNA Breathing Dynamics in the Presence of a Terahertz Field” by B. S. Alexandrov, V. Gelev, A. R. Bishop, A. Usheva, K. O. Rasmussen (Submitted on 28 Oct 2009)

"Abstract: We consider the influence of a terahertz field on the breathing dynamics of double-stranded DNA. We model the spontaneous formation of spatially localized openings of a damped and driven DNA chain, and find that linear instabilities lead to dynamic dimerization, while true local strand separations require a threshold amplitude mechanism. Based on our results we argue that a specific terahertz radiation exposure may significantly affect the natural dynamics of DNA, and thereby influence intricate molecular processes involved in gene expression and DNA replication."

https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.5294