| Author |
Message |
    
Brain_damage
Intermediate Member
Username: Brain_damage
Post Number: 124
Registered: 4-2005
| | Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 - 6:09 pm: | 
|
I WAS TOLD BY A LOCAL CBER THAT HIGH RF CAN CAUSE CATARACTS, IS HE PULLING MY CHAIN |
Tech237
Moderator
Username: Tech237
Post Number: 1284
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - 11:19 am: |
|
Continuous exposure to high RF can cause many biological issues with the human body - hence the FCC exposure guides.
Whereas I cannot vouch for the validity of the findings, I have known people who worked in RADAR areas, who where informed by their doctors that RF played a part in their cataracts.
Remember RF is an electro-magnetic radiation as is light, so I'd expect there is a good chance it may have some effect.
Tech237
N7AUS
Chipmonks roasting on an open fire
Hot sauce dripping from their toes.
|
Tech833
Intermediate Member
Username: Tech833
Post Number: 132
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 - 9:12 pm: |
|
The dangers with RF is tissue warming. A legal CB does not have enough power, even if you are standing right next to the antenna 24/7, to cause tissue warming.
The highest danger with high RF sources is X-rays from the amplifiers, not the RF generated.
I was born with cataracts though, and have had refractive lens replacement surgery on both eyes. The problem existed long before I worked around RF. I work in high RF fields daily now and have had no problems since.
Your radio 'Mythbuster' since 1998
|
|
