Our
last article [Should the router be left connected to electricity around theclock?] did not go unnoticed, as it reopened the question about what Wi-Fi rays
are and how dangerous it is in the long and short term, a legitimate question
we had asked ourselves before publishing the aforementioned article and it was
The answer is that Wi-Fi radiation is not dangerous.
You
can judge for yourself by the end of the article, but if you're impatient and
don't have the time to read, I'd be happy to burn the article down to one
sentence: Wi-Fi poses no health threat. If the previous sentence did not
give you a satisfactory answer, and you want to cut off doubt with certainty,
or you have a sense of curiosity to know more, then I will be happy to tell you
the whole story between truth and myths.
The dangers of Wi-Fi radiation... Exploiting the curiosity gap!
Let
me ask you an obvious question: Who told you that Wi-Fi radio frequencies are
dangerous to human health? Your answer will probably be that you heard from
someone during a public session, or read an article on the Internet, and the
latter is the point, as the Internet contains a huge amount of controversy
related to conspiracy theories starting from the spherical Earth or that it is
flat, passing through that Corona is an artificial virus, and it does not end
Regarding the dangers of Wi-Fi radiation and the microwave oven, I can even
assure you that if the Internet is a health reference, you will find that
everything poses a danger to human life, even the person himself!
The
reason here is that some sites take advantage of the curiosity gap by
presenting "tempting" topics that do not accurately reflect the
content or are based on scientific grounds. The Internet already contains a
mythical amount of articles about risks that are not intended to educate
because they do not provide any evidence for the allegations you make, but only
to make money on the one hand and distract attention from real dangers on the
other hand.
Of
course, we can attach many examples of this type of article, specifically,
those that highlight Wi-Fi and its damages to illustrate how strange the claims
they make, but of course, we will not contribute to giving them even a penny of
advertising revenue. In any case, we cannot prevent the owners of these sites
from misleading others for profit, but at least we can respond to their
nonsense.
Perhaps
you will say "make money by visiting the article and ads" is
convincing, but what about distraction!! You will be surprised when you know
that the "tobacco" companies are the most generous ever in terms of
funding scientific research related to human health! And you will be more surprised
when you learn that the goal of this research is to mislead the public about
the dangers of smoking and that it is not a single and direct cause of cancer,
in exchange for exaggerating other things such as “exposing a loaf of bread to
heating on a direct fire is equal to smoking 30 cigarettes! Even with a rate of
1 in a million, it is as dangerous to human life as Wi-Fi rays!!
I'm
going to give you a true counterexample of one of the science-manipulation
strategies used by the tobacco makers to promote the idea that smoking a
cigarette once is more harmful to your health than exposure to Wi-Fi rays for
life!
Well,
we dealt with the topic in theory, and we know that this will not satisfy your
curiosity, for that, let's take a detailed look at what science and
international organizations think about the danger of Wi-Fi rays.
Not all rays are equal
You
can search for yourself on the Internet about the dangers of Wi-Fi radiation,
and you will find many people and articles that try to convince you of its
harm, to eventually spread the comparison of the Wi-Fi network to a silent
killer at home that bombards our bodies quietly, directing us towards an
inevitable attack with cancer.
On
the other hand, you will find that the World Health Organization, which tends
to take the side of caution and precaution before dismissing something as
toxic, carcinogenic, or harmful, makes it clear that there are no confirmed
health risks from radio frequency transmitters or receivers. You can read the
research on the official website of the organization entitledElectromagnetic fields and public health: mobile phones, which highlights
how low the risks of exposure to Wi-Fi radio waves are.
But, what about the opinion of science in general?
To
negate the danger of Wi-Fi radiation on health, we have to understand some
basics about telecommunications and the radiation used for that, and perhaps
the word “radiation” is a bit scary when we associate it with the Chornobyl and
Hiroshima disasters, but it makes us feel warm when we associate it with the
sun! Which by the way is the main reason for water in life on this planet, and
radiation is the reason to turn on the radio and listen to music without wires,
which means that radiation does not fall under one item, and for that, we must
differentiate between "ionizing radiation" and "non-ionizing
radiation".
Ionizing
radiation is radiation that has the ability to break chemical bonds or cause
ionization in the human body, and it is the most dangerous and it enters into
X-rays, gamma rays, and some ultraviolet rays, not forgetting its short
wavelength, which is an essential feature of this radiation.
Ionizing
radiation derives its name from the fact that it contains enough energy to
excite electrons and remove them from its orbit, and it is considered radiation
very harmful to health in the event of intense exposure to it. It leads to cell
mutation, even if the motive is to use it for useful purposes such as
"X-ray images", so we find a lot of alerts and yellow circles
"symbolizing the imminent danger" on the doors of the X-ray imaging
rooms.
As
for non-ionizing radiation, it does not contain enough energy to excite atoms
and includes everything that remains in the radiation spectrum, including
infrared, visible light, and radio waves, including low-energy radio waves
"microwave" used in wireless communication devices, and high-energy
radio waves such as those used in the microwave oven.
In
short, there is no fear of long wavelengths that are used in radio and Wi-Fi
broadcasts, and short wavelengths (ionizing radiation) are best described as
"dangerous".
But
there is a missing link to reinforce the fact that radio rays are harmless to
humans and that is the "distance and force" episode. Of course, two
important things to note due to the different nature of the work of the devices
that emit these rays.
Speaking
of microwave ovens and their potential dangers and comparing them with Wi-Fi, a
person exposed to non-ionizing microwave radiation is sure to get a high dose
of energy provided that the distance is very close.
In
a clearer sense, you will be exposed to severe harm if you put your hand inside
the microwave oven while it is working, although it emits non-ionizing
radiation and does not harm as we mentioned, but bear in mind that the
"magnetron" responsible for producing microwave radiation inside a
normal microwave oven produces about 700 watts of non-ionizing radiation
energy. Ionized, which is a huge amount, but it is concentrated in one focus,
and therefore it is dangerous if exposed to it. So it is completely contained
and safely emptied inside the oven body thanks to its protective shield.
On
the other hand, even the “most powerful router on the market” does not produce
more than 1 watt of microwave power or non-ionizing radiation within a
cloud-like bubble around the router that “plus room temperature” is not enough
to heat 1 millimeter of water even if you wait A lifetime, even if you wait
forever!
Moreover,
there is a physical law called the inverse square law, which states that the
further away we are from the radiation source, the less the amount and power of
radiation we will receive, meaning that even the 1 watt generated by the
router, which does not pose a danger, will disappear if we move away from the
router by several meters.
In
conclusion: There are matters that surround us hundreds of times more dangerous
than the 1 watt produced by the router, which we must warn of. This danger is
irresponsible and unscrupulous publication. Of course, this is not about one
individual or one group only, but rather the whole world, the world that
ignores major problems, and puts them Under the microscope petty things.