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You seem to have confused non-ionizing radiation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-ionizing_radiation#Health_r...) (the type mentioned in the article) with ionizing radiation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionising_radiation#Biological_e...)

While some sources call into question the health effects of EM radiation, radios aren't causing vomiting and hair loss unless they're also made of radium.

It already astounds me greatly how much common people don't know the basics about EM fields when we've essentially been immersing ourselves in them for over 100 years.

The main danger is power level causing heating/burns - and a microwave operating at 1000W+ is going to do that far more easily than a router with 1W at most.

That's what jumped out to me as well -- I have a huge concern for the potential ill effects to the human body. Plugging in a device is not a huge hardship and is vastly over-shadowed by the potential health risks.

It really isn't. For one thing, your body doesn't respond to magnetic fields at all.