With all of this 5G talk going around, I have a few questions. I would like to state- I am NOT someone who thinks 5G is any sort of conspiracy- I just want facts to be able to argue with those who do. (I have some relatives that are VERY against it) Moving on…
Everyone seems to say 5G is safe because it’s non-ionizing.
However, if I look at the elecromagnetic spectrum, I can see that Microwaves are also non-ionizing. I use microwaves every day to heat up my food. This seems like it would be dangerous to a human.
What’s the difference between these two waves (other than wavelength, obviously), and why don’t I have to worry about 5G towers hurting me?
I guess my true question is why don’t cell and radio towers hurt people? They must be high powered to travel long distances- but microwaves are relatively low powered home devices that absolutey can hurt people.
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Sounds like your question is more about microwave ovens vs radios so I’ll address that. Microwave ovens are indeed dangerous in the sense that they can burn you. The burns target nerves preferentially as well, so the damage is more likely to be permanent. This damage is done *exclusively* through heating, and so just like anything else warm it is entirely (no ifs or buts) harmless unless you get a lot of it in one place.
Now, a microwave oven does get a lot of it in one place. About a thousand watts are forced into the food. However, this spreads out very quickly outside of the box. If you ran a microwave with the door open, you would be safe within a few feet of it. You’d feel very little warmth. The same goes for radio towers (not even 5g – just your average fm station). People *can* get rf burns from touching the antenna or getting too close if it is too high-powered. By the time you get to even ground level, much less a few hundred or thousand feet away, it is down to minuscule amounts. In this sense, 5G is no different from your local fm radio stations – they are both *just as dangerous in this regard*.
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