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What? Seems logical to me. First off, he didn't say it would toast you, he said it's a bad idea. Still, let's use your "toast" analogy: if you stand right next to the sun you're going to be a burnt vapor in less than a second. However, reduce the sun's output by a massive factor (1000x) and then increase distance and you have a situation where you could survive that for a long time, if not a lifetime without noticing any effects. Even without reducing the sun by 1000x, we on earth, 96? million miles from the Sun can stand its rays for a long time without it killing us.

If I drink water at a slow rate, it won't kill me, but if I get it at 100x the rate of a cup of water, it will kill me. Cellphone towers have to handle thousands upon thousands of users at once.

A cellphone tower can use 500 watts but usually use 60-100 watts according to Reddit and other non-authoritative links. https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guide...ency-fields-guidelines-cellular-and-pcs-sites yet your phone will barely use a few watts (250 mW on some sites) not even counting the watch.

But I'll let the experts in this forum respond more. We're not even considering the facts that have already been covered: "When you have a very low energy flux of low wavelength, non-ionising radiation, it does... wait for it... absolutely nothing to biological tissues. You could wear an Apple Watch on your wrist for 100,000 years and never develop cancer from the radiation it emits."


I have the AW3 GPS Only just because I didn't want to pay $12/mo /year for LTE. Seems logical to me that the non-lte would have a SAR value less than the LTE version.
 
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LTE transmissions are carried in the microwave range of frequencies.

Microwaves are not ionising radiation.

Low energy non-ionising radiation passes through the body without being absorbed. As far as it’s concerned, we’re not even there.

Despite what some crackpots or people peddling 21st century snake oil would like you to believe, LTE transmissions pose no health risk whatsoever.

Gamma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet light, alpha and beta emissions, and neutron flux are all very bad for you (some far more so than others). Microwave radiation doesn’t do anything to you unless you’re standing right in front of an activated high-power antenna rig and letting it cook you.

Source: I’m a former health physics technician and radiation worker heavily trained in the particulars of radiation and its effects on the human body.
 
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I’m expecting in a few generations that people will be either glowing and hairless, or become underground mole people.

One day we’ll all ask, why did we think it would be okay to keep our phones close to our testicles.
 
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I’m expecting in a few generations that people will be either glowing and hairless, or become underground mole people.

One day we’ll all ask, why did we think it would be okay to keep our phones close to our testicles.

I’m old enough to remember people saying the same thing about cordless home phones and TVs!
 
Every year, this subject pops up.
I think it is relevant.
While I agree with your post seems rather ironic.:D:D:D

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