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NH Ethylene

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21. Microwaves create heat (such as with cooking food) by vibrating water molecules.

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 10, 2021, 06:45 PM

Jul 2021

They set up an oscillating magnetic field that causing polar molecules (like water) to vibrate back and forth.

Possibly the heat causes damage to surrounding tissue, including the DNA in the nuclei of the cells, or the nucleic acids themselves are vibrated (since they also have some polarity), perhaps causing damage to them directly.

It would be nice if it had been researched before expanding into higher frequencies.

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