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Originally Posted by Panrock
What is the modern view on the efficacy - and safety - of being exposed to powerful non-ionising radiation fields?
Wasn't there some concern in the past that engineers working at high powered transmitting stations could have their fertility impaired?
Steve
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RF radiation, as might be expected, heats up the body. I suppose that under some circumstances, that could even accelerate natural healing processes. I guess that the century of experience that we now have of transmitter engineers surviving a healthy lifetime of working in relatively high RF fields suggests that they are generally safe.
If that RF heating effect gets concentrated, the eye is the most vulnerable organ - I've heard of radar engineers being blinded by taking the instinctive wrong action of looking down a waveguide that happened to be 'live'. The cornea gets instantly cooked like a fried egg. Somewhat more worryingly, I have known of a couple of radar engineers who suffered sight problems after retirement. Whether that's sheer. coincidence or a possible long term effect of microwave radiation, I have no idea, but it would be useful to hear of any other examples.
Martin