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Of course it will give you cancer. Cancer is usually caused by an external agent (chemical, radiation, etc) acting on a healthy cell. This most definitely would cause cancer, as your body would be subject to radiation energy every time you turned on your PC.
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| True, but, will it have a better chance in giving you cancer than:
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said by karlmarx  : This most definitely would cause cancer, as your body would be subject to radiation energy every time you turned on your PC. And this opinion is based on what? Your non-existent medical degree?
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karlmarx
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| This 'opinion' is based on scientific FACTS.
»www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/defau···age=8774
"Ionising radiation can change a cell’s DNA. If this happens, then that cell’s inbuilt instructions about how to live and grow are jumbled about. It is then possible for the cell to do something very different from what it's been programmed to do. For example, it may become cancerous and keep reproducing in an uncontrolled way. This could take years to happen but it still means that a cancer may eventually develop."
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1 edit | said by karlmarx :This 'opinion' is based on scientific FACTS. » www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/defau···age=8774" Ionising radiation can change a cell’s DNA. If this happens, then that cell’s inbuilt instructions about how to live and grow are jumbled about. It is then possible for the cell to do something very different from what it's been programmed to do. For example, it may become cancerous and keep reproducing in an uncontrolled way. This could take years to happen but it still means that a cancer may eventually develop." Except the radiation in this device is non-ionizing radiation as discussed in the link you provided:
Non-ionising radiation
Non-ionising radiation has enough energy to move things around inside a cell but not enough to change cells chemically. The radiation from a microwave oven is non-ionising. Other examples include
* Ultraviolet rays from the sun or sunbeds
* Electromagnetic fields
* Radio waves
* Radiation waves given off from household electrical appliances, heaters, mobile phones with or without headsets and computers and their screens --
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| said by TKJunkMail :said by karlmarx :This 'opinion' is based on scientific FACTS. » www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/defau···age=8774" Ionising radiation can change a cell’s DNA. If this happens, then that cell’s inbuilt instructions about how to live and grow are jumbled about. It is then possible for the cell to do something very different from what it's been programmed to do. For example, it may become cancerous and keep reproducing in an uncontrolled way. This could take years to happen but it still means that a cancer may eventually develop." Except the radiation in this device is non-ionizing radiation as discussed in the link you provided: Non-ionising radiation
Non-ionising radiation has enough energy to move things around inside a cell but not enough to change cells chemically. The radiation from a microwave oven is non-ionising. Other examples include
* Ultraviolet rays from the sun or sunbeds
* Electromagnetic fields
* Radio waves
* Radiation waves given off from household electrical appliances, heaters, mobile phones with or without headsets and computers and their screens Radiation waves
not all computer screens are CRT
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said by TKJunkMail :said by karlmarx : This most definitely would cause cancer, as your body would be subject to radiation energy every time you turned on your PC. And this opinion is based on what? Your non-existent medical degree? And your medical credentials are what ? Man, you both are a trip, watching you two trying to have your little mental dick measuring contests and both coming up short.
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said by TKJunkMail :said by karlmarx : This most definitely would cause cancer, as your body would be subject to radiation energy every time you turned on your PC. And this opinion is based on what? Your non-existent medical degree? Based on the fact that your body is subject to radiation energy before you switch on your PC, I suspect.
(There may be an exception for people whose apartments are maintained at a steady zero Kelvin). |
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said by karlmarx :This 'opinion' is based on scientific FACTS. » www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/defau···age=8774"Ionising radiation can change a cell’s DNA. If this happens, then that cell’s inbuilt instructions about how to live and grow are jumbled about. It is then possible for the cell to do something very different from what it's been programmed to do. For example, it may become cancerous and keep reproducing in an uncontrolled way. This could take years to happen but it still means that a cancer may eventually develop." Based on misunderstanding of scientific facts. It's amazing when the discussion of cancer comes up, and how various types radiation cause it, how many people who claim to be in the know demonstrate that they have a COMPLETE and UTTER ignorance as to what is/is not IONIZING radiation. The article you quote clearly specifies "ionizing radiation", which the technology being discussed (prolly "radio wave" band) is not.
High velocity nuetrons = ionizing
uvc=ionizing (just slightly)
Gamma (high frequency=high enegry) = ionizing
Radiowaves ain't gonna be ionizing unless there is a HELL of a lot of wattage behind them. |
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said by markofmayhem :True, but, will it have a better chance in giving you cancer than: typing this post Kudos, Markofmayhem.
Plain and simply: if you are staring at a CRT and using a wi-fi router while looking at your cell and cordless phone on your desk to view this thread, shut the hell up about radiation and tumors.
Sorry, didn't mean to be so rude, but I think y'alls got my point  
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