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12-05-2007, 08:23 AM
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There's no solid scientific evidence that Wi-Fi is a health hazard, but that hasn't stopped a parade of people from trying to stop Wi-Fi deployment. In the U.S., teachers have sued schools (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/34076) to derail installs, while angel guidance consultants have launched campaigns against Wi-Fi (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/81803) in their free time.
In Canada, colleges have banned Wi-Fi (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/72252), equating it to "second hand smoke." In the UK, some say they can feel the impact when they enter a room (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/79902), while others have started using Wi-Fi blocking paint (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=443717&in_page_id=1770) (at $492 per can) and sleep under silver plated mosquito netting.
The scare-mongering in the UK wasn't helped by a recent BBC report that falsely claimed that Wi-Fi creates three times as much radiation as mobile phone masts. The sensationalist program resulted in some London politicians attempting to ban Wi-Fi use in schools. An official BBC complaints ruling (http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/news/2007/11/30/51156.shtml) has subsequently found the program was misleading (http://www.itnews.com.au/News/66235,panorama-report-on-wifi-was-misleading.aspx).Ben Goldacre, a doctor who runs the Bad Science (http://www.badscience.net/) website, stated that the programme makers had made melodramatic, misleading television instead of an informed documentary. "In 28 minutes of TV you could have given a good summary of the research evidence so that people could make up their own minds. But that would not get you as many viewers," he said.
A great quote from ITWeek columnist Les Hatton: "All I can say in reassurance is that this sort of mathematically dysfunctional scare-mongering drivel really makes me cross." As an aside, check out this entertaining cartoon at Wellington Grey (http://www.wellingtongrey.net/miscellanea/archive/2007-05-27--the-truth-about-wireless-devices.html?a) that takes aim at the media's reaction to the great Wi-Fi menace.
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There's no solid scientific evidence that Wi-Fi is a health hazard, but that hasn't stopped a parade of people from trying to stop Wi-Fi deployment. In the U.S., teachers have sued schools (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/34076) to derail installs, while angel guidance consultants have launched campaigns against Wi-Fi (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/81803) in their free time.
In Canada, colleges have banned Wi-Fi (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/72252), equating it to "second hand smoke." In the UK, some say they can feel the impact when they enter a room (http://www.thegng.org/shownews/79902), while others have started using Wi-Fi blocking paint (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=443717&in_page_id=1770) (at $492 per can) and sleep under silver plated mosquito netting.
The scare-mongering in the UK wasn't helped by a recent BBC report that falsely claimed that Wi-Fi creates three times as much radiation as mobile phone masts. The sensationalist program resulted in some London politicians attempting to ban Wi-Fi use in schools. An official BBC complaints ruling (http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/news/2007/11/30/51156.shtml) has subsequently found the program was misleading (http://www.itnews.com.au/News/66235,panorama-report-on-wifi-was-misleading.aspx).Ben Goldacre, a doctor who runs the Bad Science (http://www.badscience.net/) website, stated that the programme makers had made melodramatic, misleading television instead of an informed documentary. "In 28 minutes of TV you could have given a good summary of the research evidence so that people could make up their own minds. But that would not get you as many viewers," he said.
A great quote from ITWeek columnist Les Hatton: "All I can say in reassurance is that this sort of mathematically dysfunctional scare-mongering drivel really makes me cross." As an aside, check out this entertaining cartoon at Wellington Grey (http://www.wellingtongrey.net/miscellanea/archive/2007-05-27--the-truth-about-wireless-devices.html?a) that takes aim at the media's reaction to the great Wi-Fi menace.
read comment(s) (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/WiFi-Wont-Kill-Your-Family-After-All-89965)