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We know that ionizing radiation has no safe upper limit. We know that non-ionizing radiation can be harmful at a high enough dose (like sticking your hand in a
by slumdev 5y ago
We know that ionizing radiation has no safe upper limit.
We know that non-ionizing radiation can be harmful at a high enough dose (like sticking your hand in a microwave.)
This research suggests that non-ionizing radiation might not have a safe upper limit, either, only that we haven't totally quantified the damage it causes.
- wizzwizz4 5y agoNote that this isn't research; it's an opinion piece that doesn't really cite anything, except vaguely. It's at least two levels removed from the research – it seems to be a summary of a meta-analysis.
- SketchySeaBeast 5y agoThe microwave causes harm by it's ability to heat water, not by the nature that it's a microwave, doesn't it? Wouldn't we also need to treat any source of heat as similarly dangerous given that it produces infrared radiation?
- slumdev 5y agoWavelength matters - it's the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing. This article seems to indicate that not all of the non-ionizing radiation is harmless. And heat itself is carcinogenic, yes -- drinking hot beverages is independently associated with a higher risk of mouth, throat, esophageal, and stomach cancer.