Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!ukma!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: asuvax!gtephx!bladder!wagnere@ncar.ucar.edu (Eric Wagner) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Cellular Phones Frying Your Brains Message-ID: Date: 18 Oct 89 17:12:16 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: gte Lines: 19 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 464, message 3 of 9 Is there any truth to the rumor that the emissions from the newer cellular phones can be unhealthy? In particular, I have heard that hand-held models (with their antennae located right next to the head) have been responsible for brain/eye damage. When I did some calculations, this damage didn't seem impossible. I think the newer models operate on 800MHz (?). If that is true, then the wavelength would be: c / f = 186000 mi/sec / 800000000/sec x 5280 ft/mi = 1.2 feet This results in a halfwave of about 7 inches (just about the size of the skull). Is this true? Can this cause real damage? Did anyone consider this before approving the 800MHz frequency? Eric Wagner (wagnere@gtephx) AGCS (formerly GTE), Phoenix (602) 582-7150 UUCP: {ncar!noao!asuvax | uunet!hrc | att}!gtephx!wagnere