MICROWAVE ENERGY
SUMMARY:
Microwave energy includes the radiation from TV broadcasts, CB radio, radar, cell phones, wifi routers, cordless phone systems, baby monitors, Bluetooth headsets, smart TVs, video game consoles and of course your microwave oven. There is no natural radiation in this frequency range; all of it is artificial man-made energy, and it has occurred in just one generation, with basically no safety testing. The Federal Communications Commission continues to ignore thousands of studies starting in the 1950s that show biological harm from this radiation. Other biased experts refuse to even acknowledge the existence of such studies. Our exposure level is now at a critical level, and the new 5G cell phone technology is seen by some scientists as a looming disaster for human beings and the entire planet.
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DETAILS:
Microwave radiation is generally understood to be the electromagnetic energy between the frequencies of 300MHz and 300Ghz. "Micro" is a poor choice since the wave length of most of the telecommunications we use would be measured in centimeters! The wavelength of a 3GHz signal is 10cm. 60GHz would be 5mm. 300GHz, the extreme upper range of anything considered for communications, has a 1mm wavelength. You do not reach the actual micrometer wavelength until the frequency is 3THz, or 3,000GHz, which has a wavelength of 100 micrometers. This is a little used range between electronics and light. Virtually all of the centimeter and millimeter wavelength radiation is man-made and used for transmitting many different forms of communication and scientific research information. The frequencies allotted to all the common consumer and government technology we use share the centimeter and millimeter end of this wrongly labeled "microwave" range.
This entire frequency range has already been divided up into specific current and future uses under Federal Exclusive, Non-Federal Exclusive, and Federal/Non-Federal shared designations. The complex result of this is shown in the chart below, which is produced by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Office of Spectrum Management. It is too complex to see in detail at this size.
In 1920, humans had no exposure to this frequency range other than the natural background noise that would have essentially been un-measurable at the time. Now 100 years later, people are exposed to radiation within a portion of this range - from 600MHz to 6,000MHz- that is inconceivably higher. The actual number is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 times more power density measured in watts/meter squared. The chart below demonstrates this, and is is logarithmic, meaning each mark on the left multiplies the power of the previous mark by 1,000. A number that people can comprehend is one billion. We are exposed to about one billion times more man-made microwave radiation now than just 30 years ago.
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I have added a line representing the additions to this exposure that may result from a complete roll-out of the 5G system in the next 2 to 10 years.
Information from chart supplied at the 2012 Children with Cancer UK International Scientific Conference
The other forms of Electrosmog; Microsurge Electrical Pollution, Magnetic, and Electrical are generally experienced in much lower frequency ranges. It is possible that house wiring can pick up and emit microwave energy that is radiated by nearby cell towers or from a smart meter broadcast, and this is included as a form of Microsurge Electrical Pollution.
Microwave energy pollution is proving to be the most serious form of Electrosmog in terms of effecting the health of the most people. The research in biological effects of electromagnetic radiation have involved the frequencies to which we are most exposed. At the present time, this would be cell phones and cordless phones that operate in the range from 800MHz to 1,900 MHz and wireless WiFi routers that use 2,400 to 2,500 MHz and 5,725 to 5,875MHz bands. Bluetooth also uses the 2,400 MHz band.
This is also the frequency of the energy used to cook your food by microwave ovens. Microwave ovens generate their radiation with what is called a magnetron, pictured to the right. This produces essentially a pure sine wave radiation at about 2,400 MHz, with a dangerous magnetic field that can extend 12 feet. The microwave radiation leaking from the oven can also be a severe hazard.
The microwave energy used to transmit data is not a pure sine wave. The microwave frequency is used as a carrier and is modified by the pulses of data. This creates a much more complex waveform that has been shown to be more biologically damaging than pure sine waves. In addition to this, the data is not sent continuously to and from a router, during a cell phone call or cordless phone call. It is sent in pulses that might take up 5% to10% of the time during a second of transmission. This is also believed to be more biologically damaging than a constant radiation energy.
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Average Power and Peak Power
Accurate measurement of pulsed radiation is complicated. The graph below could represent a wireless router transmitting 10 data packets that are only .010 seconds long, each second of operation . Your body is being hit 10 times a second with complex data filled pulses that vary from 26 to 92 mw in power. A meter that is made to measure the average radiation during each second would provide a very inaccurate measurement of what is really happening. The average value of the 10 pulses is 59mw. But they are present only 1/10 of the time, so the average power measured by such a microwave meter would be only 5.9mw! Consumer meters like the Cornet ED88T Plus or the Safe and Sound Pro measure thousands of times per second and update the screen maybe twice per second while storing both the average power density (µw/m2) and the maximum peak measured. An EMF consultant would use a much more expensive and more accurate meter like the Gigahertz Solutions EHF59B, that can display the RMS (average) value or the pulse peaks, or hold the highest measured peak.
It is the small average power that would be used in this situation to determine the amount of heating of flesh that would occur, which is the outdated and obviously inadequate technique used to set exposure guidelines in the United States.
Think of the above graph as a display of being punched once each second for 10 seconds. Your attacker could say you were only hit with an average power equivalent to quick slaps all over your body for 10 seconds, that caused no damage. (The purple line) But the reality is, the 10 individual punches gave you two broken ribs, a ruptured spleen and bleeding in the brain.
Specifications of the microwave output of devices are never explained well. Most people don't know that if they pair their phone in their car, they will be hit with 2.4GHz radiation all the time as the car searches for their phone, whether it is in the car or not. Almost nobody realizes that the Smart TV in their bedroom may be radiating microwave energy all night, even when it is turned off. And when you are watching the TV, the remote in your hand could be pulsing with signals stronger than your WiFi router!
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Microwave energy from cell towers, WiFi routers, and your cell phone will penetrate building materials. That is why your cell phone works inside your house or in your car. But in those cases when the signal is weakened, it will cause the phone to increase its power output. If your phone shows only 1 bar, it could be transmitting at hundreds of times higher power than when it shows 5 bars of signal. Also the metal box of the car body will cause much of the energy to be reflected in highly complex interference patterns back inside the car. There have been no studies to evaluate just how dangerous this situation is. No person that is truly concerned about their long-term health, would ever use a cell phone in their car.
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Now everywhere you go, you will be exposed to multiple sources of EMFs in the 600MHz to 5.8GHz range. With new 5G system bandwidths, there is additional radiation in the 24 and 28GHz, and soon 39GHz frequencies. Also 60GHz radiation is growing rapidly as part of the 5G system. The number of cell towers is also always increasing. Almost every restaurant or store will have a WiFi system. Most buildings will have a "smart" meter that also radiates microwave energy. Most people have a cell phone in their clothes or in a bag all the time when they are outside. In a crowd you may have radiation from dozens of phones hitting you. People living in an apartment or town-home could be exposed to many WiFi router radiation sources 24 hours a day, along with cell phones from close neighbors, and nearby towers. And there might be a smart TV in your neighbor's apartment, 2 feet from your head while in bed sleeping!
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Almost nobody understands the extreme level of microwave radiation they can be exposed to 24 hours a day. Hiring an EMF safety consultant can be a big wake-up call, especially when the results of a home analysis are compared to the recommended safe levels backed by years of careful scientific study.
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There is no doubt that long term exposure to all of this radiation damages everyone's health. Thousands of studies and research projects have proved it for over 70 years now, going back to military studies of the severe health problems of military radar technicians. Refer to the page here on Biological Effects to understand the real risks you are taking with your health unless you do something quickly to limit your exposure, especially at night, which is the most critical time your body needs to heal - with all environmental pollution as low as possible.
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If the 5G system is developed as planned, the exposure everyone suffers will multiply far beyond where it is today. The page on 5G will go into much more detail.