Dr. Barry L. Ornitz wrote:
"Mike Coslo" wrote in message
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Dr. Barry L. Ornitz wrote:

The ONLY effect that radio frequencies can do to humans is
thermal. You have to increase the frequencies to the upper
visible region (blue since we are talking frequency rather than
wavelength) before there is any ionizing radiation. Note,
however, that thermal effects can be quite damaging too.
I had posted some links here some months back about the other
effects of rf. Seems there is a little more than just heating
going on. I have noticed that the heating effect I "feel" on
extended cell phone use is not actual heat.

How do you know the effects were not thermal?

The temperature increased was sensed, not an actual rise in
temperature. This was confirmed as the one ear and surrounding area
"feeling warm", yet not warm to the touch. To the touch, it felt similar
to the other ear.

snippage

Unfortunately, many of the researchers do not understand radio
frequency fields enough to design their experiments properly. Until
they do, we will always be stuck with correlation confused with
causation.

One of the better examples of this was explained by a Japanese
professor who taught my first statistics course. He said that the
average height of Japanese males dropped several inches in the years
following WWII. This could easily be correlated with the dropping
of two atomic bombs on Japan. But the real cause was the fact that
the Japanese army had drafted the taller men first, and many of
these taller men were killed in combat.

Sure, there might be many reasons for an observed effect. I don't
attribute what I have seen to anything particular, and make no
predictions. Even my thesis that cell phone use makes people stupid is a
joke - mostly. I have seen monumentally idiotic things done by people
while using cell phones. Of course, they might have just been really
dumb to begin with.

- 73 de Mike N3LI -