The Medico and the Physicist. (April 19, 2010)

A significant proportion of the medical profession slings off at the physical scientists of this world pointing out that a great many of them have next to no understanding of their innards.

At the moment it looks as though at least one physicist is having a right go in return. University of Maryland physics professor emeritus Bob Park has been trying to make the point in his blog What's New that the energy in the low frequency, low intensity radiation emanating from cell/mobile phones is insufficient to break chemical bonds and the blood flow in the area of the ear provides sufficient cooling to preclude any significant temperature rise through microwave heating.

Nevertheless, this quote from last week's blog:

CELL PHONES: TRUST ME, IT’S NOT CUMULATIVE.

I read another article this week in which a physician warns that the risk
for each use is minimal, "but over the years repeated exposure could
produce genetic damage leading to cancer." I’ve been trying for years to
throw a rock across the Potomac River. So far, they don’t go half way,
but I’ll keep trying in case it’s cumulative.