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Re: Do Allow Under-9s to Use a Mobile

Rich Greenberg (richgr@panix.com)
Fri, 28 Jan 2005 21:15:59 +0000 (UTC)

In article <telecom24.41.13@telecom-digest.org>, TELECOM Digest Editor
noted in reponse to Linc Madison <lincmad@suespammers.org>:

> [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: But I don't think you can absolutely
> say radio frequency radiation is totally without harm to
> people. Consider for example the very cruel thing that some people
> (mostly children) do of putting small animals in microwave ovens and
> then turning on the unit. And why is it that microwave ovens have very
> well-shielded doors on them and the oven will not work if the door is
> open. I understand that radiation at microwave levels is different
> than radiation from a cell phone, but is there no comparison at all?

Apples vs oranges here Pat. Several hundred watts of RF in a resonant
cavity will produce considerable heating in anything that has a
significant percentage of water in it.

A fraction of a watt in free (more or less) space will not heat
anything enough to measure the temprature difference.

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