EM wave penetration

[Guest mo24]

Hello my friends.

 

A buddy of mine has a theory about a certain controversial device effects on the human body. This device purportedly uses VLF radio waves to destroy pathogens. I do not share his opinion about it, and am looking for some hard scientific fact to disprove it.

 

The first step. I would like to find out what EM wave frequencies are required to penetrate certain parts of the body and what power output is required to do so. For instance, the skin, the blood vessels, muscle, fat, or bone. I realize that EM waves with the shortest wave length (highest frequency) penetrate the body best, but my interest lies in VLF frequencies in the range of 1Hz to 10KHz. What parts of the body could such EM waves penetrate, and what amount of power would be required for them to do so?

 

If you would know of a website that would help answer these questions, I would be very grateful. Thanks.

[insane_alien]

they don't so much penetrate a human as to completely fail to notice the existance of said human. the wavelegnths are massive and a human isn't. it like trying to see an ant on the surface of the moon from a picture with a resolution of 1m^2 per pixel.