• Breve@pawb.social
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          10 months ago

          Yes, microwaves are non-ionizing radiation. I would not suggest sticking your head in your microwave while it’s running though.

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            It doesn’t say ionizing either bud. Radar at close up or very high levels can fuckup avionics leading to crashes.

            If it were ionizing they would probably say more because wind in that area isn’t constant direction.

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              10 months ago

              You now know a place in the world where you can overfly a giant microwave. Fo science!

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          Non ionizing radiation means it doesn’t produce free radicals through destruction of chemical bonds. Any type of radiation that interacts with a material and has a high enough ERP will heat that thing up. Cell phone spectrum is non ionizing but the high powered towers can still cook the brain inside a skull.

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      It didn’t say that it would make anything radioactive, it said there was a radiation hazard. Radar is in fact radiation, it’s just non-ionizing which means that unless you’re dealing with massive power levels it’s generally safe to be around. If they’re warning of an extreme radiation hazard it’s either not radar, or they’re pumping a ridiculous amount of power into it.