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Dangers of infrared waves

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ifra red cause heating effect and any thing causing heating may elongates the molecules of the substanceon which they fall so the original elasticity may damage...and cell growth may interrupted ..have a higher risk of cancer esp...skin cancer

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Infrared can Burn you. but it wont hurt you if you put your finger over the remote when pressing a button because its only a small quantity of it.

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Infrared light can cause some serious health consequences. It can cause overheating as well as dehydration. In a narrow beam this light can cause damage to human eyes.

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The danger to people from too much Infra-Red radiation is very simple - overheating

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Infared waves are hot. they can be used in place of electric or propane to cook food, and as such they can burn people with prolonged exposure.

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It may cause your balls to explode.

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its very bad for as it can be bad for you

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overheating

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