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In reply to the discussion: Student science experiment finds plants won't grow near Wi-Fi router [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)First, the physics of RF are well understood. We know what happens when a photon hits an atom. RF photons don't have enough energy to trigger a chemical reaction. If they did, visible light would be utterly devastating - it has much more energy than RF.
Second, there was meaningful, independent testing. But that doesn't prevent people from claiming all sorts of effects from cell phone RF. The odd part is the effects are only present if they are aware of the cell phone's presence. And they suffer the same effects if the cell phone is off.
If RF could slaughter plants, Radio and TV would have completely deforested the US - they're literally millions of times stronger signals than a cell phone. A cell phone puts out 0.1-1W. Radio and TV stations put out megawatts.