Many people claim that the electro-magnetic field energy (EMF) or radiofrequency (RF) emitted by cell phones towers and other wireless services are safe. People have been led to believe that the RF 1) does not get absorbed by the human body and 2) can therefore not have any significant biological effects. The claim is that a MICROWAVE OVEN operates at a frequency which resonates with water, but that WIRELESS TRANSMITTERS do not.
This can be shown to be false through a simple experiment. Anyone can perform this experiment in their kitchen with a bowl of water, a cell phone, and a ziploc bag.
Cell phone signals easily pass through walls, windows and many other materials without being absorbed. But once the signal hits water, the energy goes into heating the water molecules.
Place a cell phone inside different kinds of objects, such as a metal pot. The reception will still be strong -- the RF waves are passing right through the metal pot, unchanged. Now place the cell phone inside a ziploc bag and submerge in a few inches of water. The signal dies. The RF waves are being absorbed by the water.
The human body is 55%-78% water. Each cell in the body is filled with water in which the DNA, RNA, intracellular proteins and enzymes float around. RF from cell towers gets absorbed by these cells, vibrating the atoms of whatever is inside.
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