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Like radio waves and visible light, it is nonionizing and safe for biological tissues.

From Science Daily • Mar. 17, 2026

Energy absorbed from nonionizing radiation speeds up the movement of atoms and molecules, which is equivalent to heating the sample.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

The devices emit nonionizing, electromagnetic radiation of the sort that heats food in a microwave oven, but scientists have struggled to conclusively link cellphone use to cancers or other illnesses.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 3, 2018

But some scientists have questioned how nonionizing radiation, the kind produced by cellphones, could cause cancer, in part because it does not have enough energy to strip electrons from atoms and potentially cause cell damage.

From Science Magazine • May 27, 2016