On Fri, 22 May 2009 20:01:10 -0400, "Dr. Barry L. Ornitz"
wrote:

The ONLY effect that radio frequencies can do to humans is thermal.

Well, not exactly. Pulsed RF can be "heard". The original 1962
article:
http://www.raven1.net/frey.htm
Military applications:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14250-microwave-ray-gun-controls-crowds-with-noise.html

There's also some research into resonant vibrational effects of the
modulation frequency (i.e. GSM 217Hz buzz) on various cellular
structures. I don't recall the results (and am too lazy to find
them). Light reading:

Biological Effects Research:
http://www.bioelectromagnetics.org/pubs.php
http://www.bioelectromagnetics.org/resources.php

The FCC position:
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/documents/bulletins/#56
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/info/documents/bulletins/#56

Handbook of Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields:
http://books.google.com/books?id=PZd_2UJrwdwC

Google searches for papers on the topic.
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=radio+frequency+biological+effects
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=biological+effects+of+electromagnetic+fi elds

Suggestions for furthur research:
1. Why does expsosure to RF seem to cause a compulsion for beginning
hams to upgrade their licenses?
2. Does the presence of RF cause cell phone users to yell into the
handset, while non-RF POTS phone users show now such tendencies?


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