Is it possible to cook an egg or grains of corn using a mobile phone?

EMF myths FAQ

Is it possible to cook an egg or grains of corn using a mobile phone?

No. The EMF exposure produced by mobile phones is weak and cannot cook an egg or grains of corn. The videos posted on the Internet are made for advertising or entertainment purposes by hobbyists who create a montage by superimposing segments to alter reality or by some companies that market video clips via Bluetooth for commercial purposes.

Although theoretical calculations of the output from mobile phones confirm that these claims are false, a number of international research centres nevertheless conducted the same experiment, under laboratory conditions, in order to reassure people, refute these rumours and remove the anxieties surrounding them.

For a period of 65 minutes, an egg was subjected to a concentrated exposure ten times that of the power output from a mobile phone; when the egg was cracked open, it was found that the energy had had no effect on it. Another entity took 200 mobile phones and placed them adjacent to an egg, with no effect on the egg.