What does photon energy tell us about cellphone safety?
Posted by seumasach on April 30, 2011
William J. Bruno, Ph.D.
Theoretical Biology & Biophysics
Los Alamos National Laboratory
April 24, 2011
Abstract
It has been argued that cellphones are safe because a single microwave photon does not have enough energy to break a chemical bond. We show that cellphone technology operates in the classical wave limit, not the single photon limit. Based on energy densities relative to thermal energy, we estimate thresholds at which effects could be possible. These seem to correspond somewhat with many experimental observations.
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