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HN links it as an entertaining, in-depth rebuttal to 5G health fears from an electrical engineer.
ElectroBOOM examines whether 5G and other electromagnetic waves can harm people, explaining the EM spectrum and the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. It includes experiments and measurements in his usual humorous style.
“ElectroBoom has a great video that goes in depth about the electromagnetic spectrum” (HN, 2020)
ElectroBoom has a great video that goes in depth about the electromagnetic spectrum, what 'Ionizing Radiation' is, and how EM interacts with humans, and is entertaining enough to keep you watching. [this video]
In-depth, entertaining explanation of the EM spectrum and how it affects humans.
The sun beams down 1 KILOwatt of light (50% infrared, 40% visible, 10% other) to every square meter on the ground. Most of the infrared and much of the visible light is absorbed by your skin. Your WiFi router on the other hand has a power of 50-150 MILLIwatts, and won't let you set it higher because that's illegal. And your phone etc. run at around 15 milliwatts. I guess if you built a ridiculously high powered WiFi antenna (which would be illegal) and stood next to it for a while, you would cook yourself. But BT/WiFi ain't gonna do shit to you. [this video]
Linked as supporting evidence that WiFi power levels are harmless.
> Why do we even need 5G it seems like there’s always something, whether real or tinfoil, risks and unknown risks, so at one point do we decide that what we have is good enough? Because it consists of non-ionizing EM waves, the risks of which are very well understood. [this video] And if you're concerned about the amount of non-ionizing EM waves in your environment from these 50 wi-fi networks, you should never go outside, since the sun is constantly blasting you with ~1,000,0000 GHZ-frequency electromagnetic waves, at an energy flux of ~1300 watts/square meter. It's half a dozen orders of magnitude more[1] energy than those fifty wi-fi networks are putting out. They aren't even a rounding error. The only thing the 5G 'controversy' reveals is that the public is happy to listen to people who don't know anything, as long as they are being told what they want to hear. [1] Not just more energy, more dangerous energy. Solar radiation, unlike 5G, is actually ionizing. Those radiation waves carry enough energy to break molecular bonds in your body.
Cited for the well-understood risks of non-ionizing EM waves.
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Listed among related classic electronics videos debunking 5G fears.
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