204
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 57 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Einstein won the Nobel a hundred years ago proving that light works in chunks called photons. If a photon needs frequency v to ionize an atom, then you can shine frequency v/2 on it for years if you want — it will never ionize the atom. This is because the energy from the lower frequency light doesn’t “build up” in the atom until the electron is kicked out. The photon must have the correct amount of energy needed to interact with the electron and eject it. Otherwise, nothing happens.

So it might be true that the overall radiation exposure from WiFi in terms of total energy might be equivalent in a few years to solar energy received in a few minutes, but the physical impact is not equivalent. Sunlight contains ionizing radiation (hence sunscreen) while WiFi routers do not emit ionizing radiation. You can sit next to a router for your whole life and it will be fine. Maybe if you had a super powerful router, you’d start to worry about thermal radiation since WiFi sits in the microwave part of the spectrum.

[-] Abracadaniel@hexbear.net 26 points 6 days ago

You receive far more radiation from the heat sources and light sources in your home (separately, not combined!), than from wifi 😱

this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2025
204 points (100.0% liked)

Chapotraphouse

14125 readers
709 users here now

Banned? DM Wmill to appeal.

No anti-nautilism posts. See: Eco-fascism Primer

Slop posts go in c/slop. Don't post low-hanging fruit here.

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS