I had no problem understanding the context of the prior discussion. I just loathe generalized statements that are patently false. Had the post to which I replied had any kind of qualifier, such as "as used in communications devices used by the general public", I would not have made my comment. Instead, though, the poster seemed to infer that "RF radiation", in general, is always "safe". Obviously, that's nonsense. I replied to a nonsensical post with a nonsensical (though testable) rebuttal.
Yet, you decided to cut off part of his quote which mentions the government exposure limits. That does provide a fair amount of context to make the assertion that context was lacking look like a post event excuse rather then any reasonable justification.
Even considering the post to which I replied in the context of the thread, isn't there some finite distance from a 5W (a value that was mentioned above) 2.4GHz transmitter where the effects of that RF radiation would be nearly equivalent to sticking your hand inside (6" away from magnetron?) a 700W 2.45GHz microwave oven? If "yes", then my microwave example isn't too far off base. If "no", why not?
Do that math, since you have proposed the example.
700 W is about 21 dB greater than 5 W.
So maybe at something under 1/2 an inch you have a chance, but you also have to consider that a the microwave oven focuses all the energy into the cavity, and a radio would be near omni with a gain close to 0 dBi to 0 dBd.
So let's throw another 15 to 20 dB in favor of the oven, and now we would need to stick the antenna up your a. . . and still not do any real cooking.
Sorry Charley, (errrr, Don) your off-topic and out of context posts remain as labeled.