# Is it possible to have magnetic field so strong it would effect or harm a human being? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 4, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-magnetic-field-so-strong-it-would-effect-or-harm-a-human-being/559408 "2010-11-04T02:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-magnetic-field-so-strong-it-would-effect-or-harm-a-human-being/559408/21 "2010-11-05T22:08:58Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > There are readily available videos of frogs and spiders being levitated with man-made magnets. Just scale them up a bit. I remember reading about this years ago. The researchers admitted that a large enough device could levitate a human. But they said they had no plans to build one as they couldn’t see a use for it. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-magnetic-field-so-strong-it-would-effect-or-harm-a-human-being/559408/22 "2010-11-05T22:12:04Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > I’m pretty sure magnetic fields have never effected a human being. They may have had an effect on someone’s nuclei, however. I can’t tell if you are joking or not, but if you are serious you should re-read my post and **by-tor’s** post. ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-magnetic-field-so-strong-it-would-effect-or-harm-a-human-being/559408/23 "2010-11-05T23:55:09Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Off the top of my head it aligns the dipoles in your body, then does something else and takes a picture. This is by far the most accessible explanation of MRI I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-magnetic-field-so-strong-it-would-effect-or-harm-a-human-being/559408/24 "2010-11-06T02:51:12Z")
RaftPeople- effected means to make or bring about. Affected is the word the OP should have used. The plural of nucleus is nuclei. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-magnetic-field-so-strong-it-would-effect-or-harm-a-human-being/559408/25 "2010-11-06T03:19:10Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > I can’t tell if you are joking or not, but if you are serious you should re-read my post and **by-tor’s** post. Well, I am wondering why I bothered now. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-magnetic-field-so-strong-it-would-effect-or-harm-a-human-being/559408/26 "2010-11-06T03:20:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Is it possible to have magnetic field so strong it would effect or harm a human being? “My father was a magnetic field, my mother was very surprised.” – Thursday ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-magnetic-field-so-strong-it-would-effect-or-harm-a-human-being/559408/27 "2010-11-06T03:21:11Z")
Well, effected means to have made or brought about, anyway. Damn tenses- [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-have-magnetic-field-so-strong-it-would-effect-or-harm-a-human-being/559408.md?page=1)