Re: Deadly radio waves

[Neon John <johngd@bellsouth.net>]

Steven Dapra wrote:

>         According to the article:
> 
>         "The plant, which treated 1.5 million pounds of medical waste per month,
> used Stericycle's Electro-Thermal Deactivation system, a process that uses
> radio waves to kill pathogens in the waste but allows materials to be
> salvaged for recycling."
> 
>         "radio waves".  Hmmmmm.  Well . . . some of the "music" I hear on the
> radio could probably kill anything.

Sounds like a big ole industrial microwave oven to me.  Oh, I guess
"microwave" is another of those bad words these days.

John

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