----- Original Message ----- From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 12:05 PM Subject: Re: cellphones (L3)
> > > From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > On 20 Jun 2002 at 8:17, Dan Minette wrote: > > > > > > > > > It's not the heat. It's the effect on your chemistry. > > > > > > > Are you suggesting that the energy in the individual microwave photons > are > > enough to affect the chemical bonds on a molecular level? That is > > certainly true with gamma or X-rays, that's why heating alone does not > > explain radiation damage. But microwave photons? > > Isn't that exactly what 3 of the articles I listed said? No. There is some discussion of "other mechanism and changes", and heat predominating. The problem with chemical changes due to the ionizing effects of microwave photons is this. The energy per photon corresponding to 300K (or 27C) is 0.03 eV. 300K is a bit less than the normal brain temperature of 311K. So, infrared photons produced by the brain have a mean energy of roughly 0.03 eV. The average energy per cell phone photon is in the range of 1.5-3 micro-eV. That is at least a factor of 10,000 lower. Why would a .000003 eV photon cause problems that a 0.03 eV photon won't. Resonance is not an answer, because it references the wave, not the particle nature of light. I'll agree that there have been claims of damage. But, there is no credible evidence. Dan M.
