Re: any science to this?

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

True, Hugh.  Note that I was careful to say <shipboard> radar.
On Sun, 2 Nov 2003, Hugh Haskell wrote:

> At 19:16 -0600 11/2/03, Jack Uretsky wrote:
>
> >         There is something to the claim.  Don't stand for extended periods
> > in front of a 3 cm (wavelength) shipboard radar.  If you do, you may go
> > blind.
>
> Quite true. But these are typically high-power devices, which is why
> they are usually located where it is pretty difficult to be able to
> stand in front of them when they are operating. The question here is
> about devices whose power outputs are typically fractions of a watt
> (and are omnidirectional rather than directed in a narrow beam).
> Under those conditions, it is quite unlikely that anyone can stand
> next to the transmitting unit long enough to have any tissue damage
> occur.
>
> Hugh
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