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I'll tell you more. Earth is heated by an ongoing nuclear fusion reaction which emits a wide spectrum of radiation between 430-770THz. The radiation density dur
by m0zg 8y ago
I'll tell you more. Earth is heated by an ongoing nuclear fusion reaction which emits a wide spectrum of radiation between 430-770THz. The radiation density during daytime is about 1KW/m^2, and some of it is proven to directly cause cancer. Is that "terrifying" enough?
- isostatic 8y agoLadies and Gentlemen of the class of '99 Wear Sunscreen If I could offer you only one tip for the future, Sunscreen would be it The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists
- jnsaff2 8y agoThe spectrum is much wider than that tho.
- lighteater 8y agoThere's a new male contraceptive, it's called "keep your phone in your pocket, next to your balls". Now with 10x the dose!
- r3bl 8y agoThere's no evidence that phones cause cancer (nor impotence). It's a reasonable assumption to make, but the evidence doesn't back it up: > The only consistently recognized biological effect of radiofrequency radiation in humans is heating. The ability of microwave ovens to heat food is one example of this effect of radiofrequency radiation. Radiofrequency exposure from cell phone use does cause heating to the area of the body where a cell phone or other device is held (e.g., the ear and head). However, it is not sufficient to measurably increase body temperature. There are no other clearly established effects on the human body from radiofrequency radiation. https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/radiation/cell-phones-fact-sheet#q2 https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/r...
- thaumasiotes 8y agoTo be fair, overheating your scrotum will in fact mess up your fertility. The need for temperature regulation is the whole reason we have them in the first place.
- m0zg 8y agoThe fix for that is to wear boxers though. Or not wear anything at all. Your phone is receiving most of the time. And when it transmits it does so very briefly and coalesces background transmissions into a single burst to conserve battery. There's just not enough transmit power to heat anything up, and even if there was, blood would carry the heat away quite readily.
- r3bl 8y agoThe majority of the power in a smartphone is used to light up the screen. If your phone is in your pocket, it's a reasonable assumption that the screen is turned off. It's not impossible, but the phone would have to be quite inefficient to have any measurable effect. Laptops are probably a bigger problem if you keep them in your lap regularly, since in that scenario they do operate at full power close to your scrotum.
- bayareanative 8y ago:) I used some of that free fusion power to charge my laptop around lunch time with 5W left over to trickle-charge a bank of 200 Wh SLA batteries. (100W panel + MPPT CC) The sun does emit ionizing radiation, and that will hurt you with long-term, unprotected exposure, but worrying about non-ionizing radiation at very low-powers doesn't make sense when ionizing radiation from air-travel and radioactivity from concrete provide orders of magnitude more mutagenic micromorts than mobile signals ever will.
- agumonkey 8y agoI heard research is making progress in bringing THz fusion radiation shields based on organic materials to the market.
- IfOnlyYouKnew 8y agoComparing 5G to the dangers of sunlight, which is major public health issue, actually makes me somewhat hesitant to reject those fears, where before I would have filed it in the same category as chemtrails.
- m0zg 8y ago5G is too low frequency to cause anything. The cancer-causing sunlight is in the ultraviolet range, and you need a ton of it for anything to happen.
- jvanderbot 8y agoI don't understand. There's radiation around, so we shouldn't worry about radiation? The fusion reaction is obviously is less powerful to our receivers than 5G, otherwise we'd not have 5G. UV is obviously more powerful to our DNA than telcom, otherwise we'd all have noticed an increase in melanoma on our thighs and ears. Antenna size and shape is important relative to signal , as is total energy, impedence, etc.