Wi-fi worry/fears?

[WR450_geezer]

"Some schools are removing wi-fi networks after complaints from parents that their children suffer headaches. In what sounds like a re-run of mobile phone radiation panic, is there evidence for harm?

Sitting too close to the TV. Standing in front of the microwave. Spending too long on the mobile. Living under a pylon, or next to a phone mast. We've always worried about what the technology around us might do to our bodies.

Now, wi-fi is rolling out from the humble coffee shop hotspot to create swathes of wireless networks in towns and cities.

But some are concerned that we don't know enough about the health effects of electromagnetic radiation - the radio waves that allow the computer network to transmit (along with longwave, FM and TV and phone frequencies). "

From https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6172257.stm
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[Ahmato_]

Frankly I think this is bull. I've been around wi-fi for ages now and it never seemed to bother me! I think its just some scally school kids trying to get some days of school.
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[ncrn]

I've got my wifi reciever sat in front of me, my modem is behind me, I have had data streaming through me for months now, hasn't done anything to me :/

its just a way for parents to pinpoint the migranes their overweight over computered/tv'd children are suffering from, or something to that extent.
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Bwahahaha

they'll be issuing tin-foil hats soon

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[TheDonUK]

I dont know about wi-fi

But some mobiles i swear i can feel the radiation cooking my grey matter...

[ColdInsomnia]

Had a wireless network in the house for a year now.. haven't noticed any headaches or anything.

How can the school think to blame wi-fi just because some kids got headaches?

Or were headaches unheard of before wireless networks?
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[gadfium]

More stupid scare-mongering and panicking. The pseudo0science that is generally quoted in relation to this drives me up the wall.


Question: How come no-one complains about EM radiation being transmitted for TV and radio? Surely this is more prevalent that WiFi (and a damn sight more powerful as well)???
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[Zimbo]

They'd better all get rid of their cordless phones at home as well then, as they use similar DECT technology an similar frequencies and at similar power!

[gadfium]

[spitfire]

I actually work with WiFi from a hardware development perspective and although I am no where near qualified to be an expert on radiated power into human flesh I can tell you the following:

Most wifi products work in the 2.4GHz band (802.11b and g standards) some work on the 5GHz band (802.11a) Bluetooth is also 2.4GHz, they all sit in a band called ISM (Industrial scientific and medical) now microwave ovens admittedly sit in the same band at around 2.4GHz, which might initially alarm you as you know what they do to meat! But what you have to consider is the power outputs of these devices.

Bluetooth only transmits at around 1mw as it only needs a 10m range which really is no cause for concern.

Most WiFi standards around the world permit a maximum power output of 20dBm for any device. That is 20dB referenced to a milliwatt so 0dBm = 1mW of power.

20dBm = 100mW (note the scaling is not linear)

100mW is not much power, it is enough to transmit over say a 300m range. I would very much doubt it would do you any harm.

Now a mobile phone has to transmit of several KM so it would have an output of around 2w that is 20 times the power, that could be more of a concern.

A microwave oven is about 600w so that is 6000 times the power.

[Mister James]

As far as I can tell, this scare dates back to a Guardian editorial a few weeks ago, wherein the author admitted zero technical knowledge but felt qualified to state that it was obvious that Wireless Networks caused cellular damage. Even more amusingly, she stated that normal network signals caused no problems, it was only when data was transfered over the network that the damage was inflicted......
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[msgander]

The mobile phone issues, despite what has been issued on paper, were proved.....at more harmful to under 16's who havent fully developed bone and brain wise.....
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[veeeffarr]

I've been using mobile phones for 7 years now and theres nothing wronfsoia fhoi a8dsy8y1c 2ey8 1 e8hwith me

[MarJay]

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[msgander]

https://ehso.com/ehshome/cellphonecancer.php

Make of it what you will but some lovely snippets in there...

I tend to look at it in terms of 30/40 years, if you dont be a little careful now, then you may look back.....

[GodzGift]

hands free will reduce the direct waves
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[_Will_]

Im around wifi, sit close to screens and such all day and i never get headaches at all.
Maybe parents should do something about the whinging unhealthy little shits first.
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