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  • adjective Not ionizing

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  • The type of energy they emit is called nonionizing radio frequency.

    CNN Transcript May 20, 2008 2008

  • Regarding your editorial " The Cellphone Panic " June 4: There is no known mechanism for cellphones to contribute to cancer of any kind because its transmissions are only nonionizing radiation.

    Is Cancer Another Cellphone Risk? 2011

  • Regarding your editorial " The Cellphone Panic " June 4: There is no known mechanism for cellphones to contribute to cancer of any kind because its transmissions are only nonionizing radiation.

    Is Cancer Another Cellphone Risk? 2011

  • Magnetic resonance imaging tests, or MRIs, make use of and may emit small amounts of nonionizing electromagnetic radiation.

    Corrections 2010

  • PHILLIPS: Well, and you talk about this nonionizing radio frequency energy.

    CNN Transcript May 20, 2008 2008

  • Like microwave ovens (see below) and computer terminals (see previous chapter), color televisions emit low levels of nonionizing radiation, which some experts believe is linked to various physiological disturbances that can result in infertility.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

  • It offers no protection against nonionizing VLF or ELF radiation, which are thought to be the most significant sources of VDT-related fertility damage.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

  • Cellphones emit nonionizing radiation, but these waves of energy are too weak to break chemical bonds or to set off the DNA damage known to cause cancers.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Cellphones emit nonionizing radiation, but these waves of energy are too weak to break chemical bonds or to set off the DNA damage known to cause cancers.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Scientists have said repeatedly that there is no known biological mechanism to explain how nonionizing radiation might lead to cancer or other health problems.

    NYT > Home Page By TARA PARKER-POPE 2011

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