School Bans Wi-Fi Over Heatlh Concerns

[Nick of Blades]

You know another way kids get sick at school? By being stuffed in rooms full of their germ-infested classmates. I hope that was considered, too.

Thats why I have been at home for a couple of days. Unless the Wi-Fi has been screwing with my well being...

 

[tikalal]

I wonder if there is any legitimacy to this? I don't know about wifi, but having a cell phone in my pocket makes my leg feel weird. I carry it in my bag these days.

 

[Canid117]

Did it never occur to them that kids pretend to feel sick to get out of class? Are these people retarded?

I wonder if there is any legitimacy to this? I don't know about wifi, but having a cell phone in my pocket makes my leg feel weird. I carry it in my bag these days.

The electromagnetic radiation emitted by wireless devices have a wavelength that is far too large to cause harm to biological organisms. So no there is no legitimacy to this.

Here is a fun chart to look at.

 

[dochmbi]

If I remember correctly, the mobile phone network has a much great signal strength than Wi-fi, at least it would make sense since it needs to cover so much more distance.

 

[superstringz]

This is like saying "OMG I just got a touch-screen and DL'd a metric ton of porn, and now I have a nasty virus. Therefore, using my touch-screen causes viruses, and we should all just use keyboards."

 

[mad825]

Did it never occur to them that kids pretend to feel sick to get out of class? Are these people retarded?

I wonder if there is any legitimacy to this? I don't know about wifi, but having a cell phone in my pocket makes my leg feel weird. I carry it in my bag these days.

The electromagnetic radiation emitted by wireless devices have a wavelength that is far too large to cause harm to biological organisms. So no there is no legitimacy to this.

Here is a fun chart to look at.

congratulations!!
you have just solved decades of research in one simple post, I hope you win the noble prize!

the long term effect/exposure of microwave radiation is still unknown and there is no real evidence to suggest that it isn't harm full.(other than your pathetic "evidence")

 

[mr_rubino]

Did it never occur to them that kids pretend to feel sick to get out of class? Are these people retarded?

I wonder if there is any legitimacy to this? I don't know about wifi, but having a cell phone in my pocket makes my leg feel weird. I carry it in my bag these days.

The electromagnetic radiation emitted by wireless devices have a wavelength that is far too large to cause harm to biological organisms. So no there is no legitimacy to this.

Here is a fun chart to look at.

congratulations!!
you have just solved decades of research in one simple post, I hope you win the noble prize!

the long term effect/exposure of microwave radiation is still unknown and there is no real evidence to suggest that it isn't harm full.(other than your pathetic "evidence")

Please God, tell me this kind of reasoning isn't being taught in public schools. We'll have a whole generation running around saying "I CANNOT ACCEPT YOUR SCIENCE UNTIL YOU DISPROVE ALL UNKNOWNS. I DON'T CARE IF I HAVEN'T A CLUE WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR! ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE IS NOT EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE!" without subsequently being shamed into exile at the far end of the sanity spectrum.

 

[Snow Fire]

congratulations!!
you have just solved decades of research in one simple post, I hope you win the noble prize!

the long term effect/exposure of microwave radiation is still unknown and there is no real evidence to suggest that it isn't harm full.(other than your pathetic "evidence")

I stay out in ultraviolet radiation all day, and the worst I get is a mild sunburn. The waves being said here have a very long wavelength, wavelength being the measurement between any two points with the same phase, such as between crests, troughs, or corresponding zero crossings. Now, all electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed in a vacuum, however their frequency is different. Microwaves are long waves, so you get hit with very few when compared to ultraviolet waves which have a short wavelength, which means you get hit by a lot more in the same period of time. And the fact that...

"All known cancer-inducing agents, including radiation, certain chemicals, and a few viruses act by breaking chemical bonds, and producing mutant strands of DNA. Not until the ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum is reached, beyond visible light, beyond infrared and far, far beyond microwaves, do photons have sufficient energy to break chemical bonds. Microwave photons heat tissue, but they do not come close to the energy needed to break chemical bonds, no matter how intense the radiation." - Dr. Robert L. Park

Microwave radiation can not break chemical bonds no matter how intense.

Please God, tell me this kind of reasoning isn't being taught in public schools. We'll have a whole generation running around saying "I CANNOT ACCEPT YOUR SCIENCE UNTIL YOU DISPROVE ALL UNKNOWNS. I DON'T CARE IF I HAVEN'T A CLUE WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR! ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE IS NOT EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE!" without subsequently being shamed into exile at the far end of the sanity spectrum.

No need to rant.

 

[Romidude]

NO, BAD ONTARIO, STOP MAKING THE REST OF US LOOK STUPID!

 

[stabnex]

I thought this kind of shit only happened in America?

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

EHS is partiality recognized by the medical and scientific communities, however currently there is no consensus regarding the causes of EHS.

I didn't need to check wikipedia but I did anyway "The majority of provocation trials to date have found that self-described sufferers of electromagnetic hypersensitivity are unable to distinguish between exposure to real and sham electromagnetic fields,[2][3] and it is not recognized as a medical condition by the medical or scientific communities."
Unless these people have super power or are biologically different to every other human being they cannot feel it everyone else would... or atleast would show physical reactions to exposure.

alzheimer, cancer... who knows...

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

I'm so disappointed in the idiocy of these people. It makes me ashamed to say that I live in Ontario. There is no scientific evidence suggesting that radio waves have any adverse medical effects on children or adults. Students in a class will always be sick; cum hoc ergo propter hoc , ever heard that saying? It is used to describe the fallacy that because A happened before B, A must have caused B. This is not the case, correlation does not imply causation. There is a multitude of variables that need to be considered here, and removing Wireless internet from schools with conducting proper research simply because children say they are sick is not the way to go.

 

[mad825]

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Please God, tell me this kind of reasoning isn't being taught in public schools. We'll have a whole generation running around saying "I CANNOT ACCEPT YOUR SCIENCE UNTIL YOU DISPROVE ALL UNKNOWNS. I DON'T CARE IF I HAVEN'T A CLUE WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR! ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE IS NOT EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE!" without subsequently being shamed into exile at the far end of the sanity spectrum.

...........no :/

I'm part of several studies looking into effects of long term exposure to microwave radiation. but without any proof it's best to be cautious as this is not the first case of people getting ill and in fact many bureaucratic (official) regulators don't take account of the full emissions a device may give off.

tl;dr: I don't have a clue what I'm are talking about

there are just more than possible cancer risks being looked into and in fact most studies are not about cancer risks at all, there are neurological risks such as brain development, hearing,seeing (sight) and many more that haven't been determined whether or not they are harmful

 

[Nailz]

Aaaaand once again, we get to call the paranoid ramblings of a small localized handful of people out of the billions of people on this planet whose experiences have gelled completely with all known facts about Phenomenon X "scientific data" because, hey, it's not like the term has any meaning or importance any more anyway.
For one, it seems they can override actual research and study, so I guess they really are just as good. "Teach the controversy", eh Nailzy? We can't go around using scary new technology until we have disproven all unknown dangers.

This isn't an argument, basically this is slander. You obviously did not read what I said as you are projecting so hard I'm surprised we don't pick you up on satellite. Besides which you have no actual content in this dis-jarred convoluted mess of a paragraph other than you making grandiose claims about what you imagine people are thinking and saying globally and locally. You think these people are harmful to science? I think what is really harmful is your complete lack of critical thinking. Everything you say and have said so far is opinion of yours and conjecture, imagination basically. You are the guiltiest of what you accuse others of. The fact that you react to this on any other level than "Ok, let's test this" divorces you from any right to claim science as your ally. The sophistry exhibited by the quoted paragraph is offensively simplistic and incoherent; you make not an attempt at anything except the rambling of memes disjointedly strung together in anger.

 

[Canid117]

Did it never occur to them that kids pretend to feel sick to get out of class? Are these people retarded?

I wonder if there is any legitimacy to this? I don't know about wifi, but having a cell phone in my pocket makes my leg feel weird. I carry it in my bag these days.

The electromagnetic radiation emitted by wireless devices have a wavelength that is far too large to cause harm to biological organisms. So no there is no legitimacy to this.

Here is a fun chart to look at.

congratulations!!
you have just solved decades of research in one simple post, I hope you win the noble prize!

the long term effect/exposure of microwave radiation is still unknown and there is no real evidence to suggest that it isn't harm full.(other than your pathetic "evidence")

I would debate with you and disprove your point but two other people already did it for me. I love the internet.

Also Wifi uses radio waves. Fun fact.

 

[freedomweasel]

I didn't know hypochondria was contagious!

Great, one more thing for me to worry about.

 

[Snow Fire]

there are just more than possible cancer risks being looked into and in fact most studies are not about cancer risks at all, there are neurological risks such as brain development, hearing,seeing (sight) and many more that haven't been determined whether or not they are harmful

I would like to note that visible light is also electromagnetic radiation like Microwaves. That aside, the fact that the scientific evidence currently shows no conclusion evidence that electromagnetic waves cause any harm to humans is more than enough proof by itself. How could Microwaves produce any viable harm when humans have already been exposed to one of the more harsh electromagnetic waves (Ultraviolet waves) for hundreds of thousands of years? The logical answer is, they can not, they are far too weak to have an impact on the human body unlike ultraviolet waves, which are just powerful enough to cause damage to the human body. But, if you want to wait for those studies, well, I will wait for 2025 then. Hopefully those further studies into this matter will be done by then.

I fold, I love debates, but there is science I must do. I have experiments to run, research to be done.

 

[Taawus]

Fun fact, wireless wavelenght is the same as microwave. Just saying...


Most likely a coincidence about the children feeling ill.

WILL SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!!11oneoneeleven??

 

[Funkysandwich]

I don't think I've been away from a WiFi device for an extended period of time for at least 5-6 years now, and I'm not ill all the time.