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AM Radio Waves May Be Harmful?

Posted by simoniker on from the talk-is-lifethreatening? dept.

Klar writes "Wired News reports that: 'Korean scientists have found that regions near AM radio-broadcasting towers had 70 percent more leukemia deaths than those without.' The article continues: 'The study, to be published in an upcoming issue of the International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health, also found that cancer deaths were 29 percent higher near such transmitters.' While 'their study did not prove a direct link between cancer and the transmitters', the FDA and the World Health Organization are urging more studies, especially of radio waves from cell phones."

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  1. Re:Not true. by Martin+Blank · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Probably about the same time it gets "-1, Complaining About Complaining About Mod System."

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  2. Misconception. by jZnat · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Radio waves are too long and "fat" in frequency (radio = low end of light thinger). Then micro waves, then IR, then good ol' ROYGBIV, then UV (which can be harmful due to its higher frequency), X-ray (small enough to get through most cells in your body, ohnoes), and gamma rays, which are so high in frequency that it is considered deadly radiation. Gamma rays can get through even the densest materials in our bodys.

    On the other hand, Spongebob might need to start worrying about radio waves with those big spongey holes and all. ;)

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  3. Re:There's at least one Nobel Prize... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
    This article is ridiculous. Wait, that's being too kind.

    According to Salford and his colleges, even at 0.0001-0.001 of a Watt there is a notable amount of albumen in the brains of 50 % of the rats examined
    Unless their control group of rats was born and raised in a Faraday cage, they were exposed to more than 100 uW of radiation in those bands just by virtue of being alive.