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Date:
March 15th, 2010 03:56 am (UTC)
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Error in calculation
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I noticed that the reference that you quote in the Skeptical Inquirer has an error in it: Microwave ovens typically operate at 2.45 GHz, which is 2.45*10^9 cycles/sec. The article incorrectly states that microwave ovens operate at 2.45*10^12 cycles/sec. While this does not substantially change the intent of the author (that the energy of a microwave oven photon is way less than that of higher frequency photons, and therefore are unlikely to cause DNA damage), I thought you should know that the author is off by a factor of 1000!.
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