I always hear radiation is bad. Why is it bad? What is it actually doing to me that’s so bad? I agree that it’s harmful but I need to understand why.
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Well, it's up to you to do your own research, but in the video, the presenter talks about two or three studies which you may want to read.
Radiation just means the transfer of energy in the sense they are using it. For example, heat transfer is radiation. Remember radiators in cars?
All radiation is electromagnetic waves. You are being tricked by using a science term with a specific science definition when the common use of the term is actually more narrow. Common english radiation means really high frequency waves that are tiny enough to get into your cells and cause DNA damage. X rays and up. Basically anything with a wavelength around violet the visible color and shorter gets scary because the wavelength gets to fractions of the size of a cell. Scary shit honestly.
Science Radiation in the radio transmission sense just means electromagnetic waves of any size. 2.4ghz for Bluetooth and WiFi is a 5 inch long wave. Far to big to interact with your cells or DNA or even to get into the holes in your body.
At extremely high energy levels those longer waves can still be harmful. The type of harm is burns or electrical shock from direct contact with an uninsulated conductor.
All wireless communications is bigger waves than what you feel as heat, which is bigger waves than what you see as light, which is bigger than anything that can actually damage a cell. We are talking multiple orders of magnitude away from risks like you think of nuclear radiation.
But of course I'm not selling anything like the people who are telling you it is bad for you.