[kwlug-disc] To WIFI or not to WIFI

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 10:40 PM Ronald Barnes <ron at ronaldbarnes.ca> wrote:

> Khalid Baheyeldin wrote on 2022-10-07 17:37:
>
> > I will read more on what dosimeters measure exactly.
> >
> > Usually what is referred to as radiation is one of:
> >
> > - Alpha particles (helium nuclei, which is what radon gas has seeing
> > from sump pump wells, floor drains, and foundation cracks.
> > - Beta particles (which is just electrons)
> > - Gamma radiation (which is photos at very high energy, as in Gamma rays)
> > - Neutrons (which is emitted by nuclear fission and such).
>
> This caught my eye too. I wouldn't have expected dosimeters to detect
> anything from EMF radiation (except, maybe, gamma rays).
>

Exactly ...

For background ...

Gamma rays (and X-rays and UV) are just photons, like the light we see with
our eyes,
or infrared we feel as warmth, or radio waves around use form FM, TV, cell
or WiFi.

Here is a visual of the electromagnetic spectrum
<https://www.nist.gov/image/emspectrumpropertiesedited-02png>. The energy
goes up as the wavelength
gets shorter, and the frequency gets higher. And here is another visual of
what the
ionizing
<https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2017-05/electromagnetic-spectrum_0.png>
part is. So UV, X-rays and Gamma rays are the ionizing parts.

But they are very energetic so they can strip electrons off atoms, and
cause damage
to proteins or DNA. Live cells normally deal with such events on a daily
basis, but
sometimes, something slips through and causes cancer. Even certain viruses,
like
Human Papilloma Virus, Hepatitis B [both have vaccines], or Hepatitis C [no
vaccine,
though treatment available if diagnosed early]. This happens over a long
sequence
of events that ends up in cancer (needs to bypass at least three
checkpoints by the
immune system, and it is very complicated topic, even for someone like me
who
studied biochemistry, microbiology, and so on ....

Jason,
If that experiment you mentioned was through some source of expertise,
can you ask them what converts non-ionizing radiation to something that is
measurable via a dosimeter?

-- 
Khalid M. Baheyeldin
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