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No, the cornea is too small in terms of wavelength to effectively refract,
focus radio waves... Plus there is the issue of the low refractive index of the lens at radio frequencies, even were it were large enough... That's not to say that radio waves cannot cause heating damage to the tissues of the cornea and the retina, even if unfocused, as they pass through your body... The millimeter wavelengths - including your microwave oven - can certainly heat damage body tissues, ask any hotdog... But a discussion of that has to include the wavelengths involved, the intensity of the radio field at that point in space, the temporal length of exposure, etc... Too big a topic for this type of forum, but radar technicians have accidently had eye damage from looking into a working antenna... Interestingly, or maybe not ham radio operators have to fill out an engineering form that quantifies the level of exposure to radiation of people near to their antennas and file it with the government... If you have more than a passing interest in that item let me know and I'll refer you to the relevant literature... cheers ... denny "Jay Honeck" wrote I wondered aloud if the lens in my eye was at that moment focusing powerful radio waves onto my retina. |
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