----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 8:51 PM Subject: Re: cellphones (L3)
> On 20 Jun 2002 at 11:16, 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? > > *snickers* > > No, don't be silly plz. > The effect is on reactions happening at the time. > Hmm, since I am a physicist, I tend to think of chemical reactions as complex atomic physics. So, I thought it is possible that there is an second order effect of low level EM radiation that I'm not thinking about. Thus, I asked a chemist, and, with the usual disclaimer of not being his exact field, stated that he couldn't think of it either. He referenced a web site that discussed EM fields and the effect on chemical reactions, but these were high power fields, and the effects were consistent with heating. So, we've established its not a heating effect, and not an ionizing radiation effect. So, what is the effect? Can you reference a source other than the claims of damage to human cells that documents how low level EM fields act to change the rate/nature of chemical reactions? If it is basic chemistry, and doesn't involve heating or ionizing radiation, then surely there must be a straightforward chemical reference. (i.e. one that doesn't involve biology). I'll be going on vacation next week, and I'll talk to my cousin who has a PhD in chemistry. Maybe he's heard of such things. If he hasn't, then I'd _really_ like to see that reference. Dan M. Dan M.
