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Originally Posted by Tomkat
Right, but surely sitting on a radar for 5 seconds can't be compared to sitting next to a router for 8+ hours every day for 5+ years (about 14500 hours) though.
I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just saying that scoffing at something that we don't have that much information about (in terms of long term effects) is a little silly.
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Aside from the dubious nature of claims of people cooking poultry on radar domes (moreso since the mythbuster guys spent quite a lot of effort attempting just this feat with a frozen turkey, and failed every attempt).
Microwave energy is non-ionising. It does not directly effect the structure or makeup of chemical bonds in molecules. This means that unlike say radioactive materials there is no residual or build up effects from long term exposure, all of the harmful properties come from directly heating water molecules. So if several hours of exposure to minute amounts of microwave energy are unable to have significant heating effects in soft body tissue, on & off exposure over several years is unlikely to result in anything at all.
It should also be noted that when the FCC established the safe allowable levels that devices in this class are allowed to use (anything up to 200mw), they also made sure to allow plenty of legroom for prolonged and excessive exposure.