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> Non-ionizing radiation can also damage DNA, in a number of different ways. UV radiation damages DNA in four different ways: Good grief, what's with all the p
by jjoonathan 3y ago
> Non-ionizing radiation can also damage DNA, in a number of different ways. UV radiation damages DNA in four different ways:
Good grief, what's with all the people confidently lumping UV and RF together? This is not a small distinction, a tiny fudge factor, a little oopsie-doodle. We are talking completely different ball games in completely different parks in different countries speaking different languages. The photon energies (and, therefore, the direct effects on matter) are wildly different. Would you rather be hit by a penny or hit by a car?
UV: 3eV
RF: .00001eV
- hammock 3y agoI didn't lump them together. My last sentence calls out non-UV (like RF) separately. I merely used UV as an example of non-ionizing radiation, which contrary to a suggested "binary rule" for ionizing/non-ionizing radiation, can actually damage DNA.
- jjoonathan 3y agoYou spent 93% of your post talking about effects that were removed from RF energy levels by 5 orders of magnitude or more, but didn't lump them together? Mmmhmm.