RE: Electromagnetic waves cause brain cancer ?
January 27, 2016 at 7:20 am
(This post was last modified: January 27, 2016 at 7:54 am by Jello.)
(January 27, 2016 at 1:20 am)Fireball Wrote:(January 5, 2016 at 6:51 pm)Jello Wrote: Certain EM waves do cause cancer. Considering that gamma rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation, as is visible light, and a bunch of other things might i add. (And gamma rays do cause cancer. They're also good for removing it too. Strange how that works.)
(Yeah, i know the conversation's more about mobile phone related EM waves, but because of lack of specifics, it's still valid).
We use X-Rays to treat cancer, not gamma rays, though gamma rays are certainly energetic enough to cause cancer. I'm not sure we have a way of shielding a gamma-ray source for irradiating a patient accurately.
I've always been taught that gamma rays are used to kill the cells, as enough gamma rays, will just kill off the cells, instead of causing more mutation. Apparently the sources can be "aimed" well enough, but then again, this is all high school stuff i was taught so it could be inaccurate as all hell, considering what my high school was like.
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