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electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 30,000 meters, or a frequency between 10 kilohertz and 300,000 megahertz

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  • After a few moments of sending radio-wave notes to faraway places, they blow themselves up.
  • And with these still finer phenomena were captured: X-radiation, radio-wave transmission, coherent light.
  • As it sped through space, a specialist in radio-wave physics named John Anderson at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory noticed an odd thing.
  • The Federal Communications Commission, which sets standards on radio-wave exposure, says there is no indication that smart meters are unsafe.
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