School Bans Wi-Fi Over Heatlh Concerns

[Dogstile]

This makes sense to me, and it kind of upsets me that so many of you are instantly saying OMG WTF!!!!!???@!1212//1

Personally, i'm more annoyed because I know the kids won't have their phones taken away from them.

 

[The Funslinger]

well this isn't the first time stuff like this has "happened."

They could be faking, or... y'know... good ol' placebo effect!

 

[2fish]

After i installed my wifi, i couple hours later i had to use the bathroom. Coincidence? I think not.

Me too... What brand? We may have a lawsuit in the making

out of the 72 billion reasons that kids could feel sick or lie about feeling sick how did we choose this one again?

 

[MrHero17]

There is enough anecdotal evidence from parents that this is worth looking into."

No such thing as enough anecdotal evidence. I also really like how it took months for the supposed symptoms of wi-fi to begin appearing.

 

[Jake the Snake]

Do...do people like not have brains suddenly? Seriously how the fuck do wireless signals make you sick!? I live in a house with WiFi! I'm fine! God *facepalm*

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Eh, I can't believe I live in this province when people are so stupid.

 

[Desworks]

They use microwaves to broadcast, the same as every wireless communication device on the planet. Is the school also planning on getting rid of all it's AM/FM radios?

You do know that if the gain on a Microwave transmitter is turned up it can kill a person.

Indeed, the high intensity burst would cause a heating effect, as mentioned in my now edited second post. You'd cook to death. That said, that's not a very good argument against the use of Microwaves as a transmission carrier wave, did you know that if you stick a fork in a power outlet you can kill a person? Used correctly, anything can kill a person.

Exactly my point. The fact is though that we dont know what is dangerous in this regard. We know high gain MW transmissions will kill anything directly infront of a dish, hence why they are highly secured areas. We do not, however, understand the long term risks of wireless signals to children. So it is hard to know when to use something correctly when you/we/they dont know how?

But we've been using this technology for quite some time now, and there's still no solid links to any real dangers. Radar was the first big use of microwaves, and since the 1950s microwaves have become incredibly common (they started being used for long distance telecommunications). Additionally, this school dropping it's wifi network still makes no sense, as doing so will not prevent the kids from being exposed to microwave radiation, be it from other wifi networks in the area, or the massive network that connects all those cellphones. The kids, like the rest of us, will be exposed to microwaves and with a sample size that makes up a sizeable portion of the world's human population, one can definitely make the argument that the kids feeling ill has nothing to do with the wifi.

Maybe the school should be spending some time investigating what did cause these kids to feel sick, instead of pinning the blame on the first easy to blame scapegoat. Seems to me that that might be a better solution, especially from the kids point of view.

 

[Digikid]

This is so foolish it is not even funny. Seriously what is next? Lets ban Microwave Ovens for their "waves".....or better yet lets ban Wireless phones ( not cellular phones...not the same thing ).

Oh! Oh! Lets ban hot water as well because IT BURNS!!!!!!

This is just as f-ing stupid as those retards that believe that Hydro Turbines cause health issues.....they are just HUGE FANS PPL!!!!

This concludes it. Earth is infested with MORONS.

 

[Andy Chalk]

They're elementary school kids! One time in first grade i got diarrhea, vomiting, the cold and, constipation in the same week. I can complain about headaches any goddamn time! Sure there maybe an extra slight-ass chance the wifi does affect their tiny brains but seriously, they're gonna get some kind of crappy sickness from a lot of other shit at school, I know I got sick a lot of the time in elementary school, and we had wired internets!

 

[Bretty]

But we've been using this technology for quite some time now, and there's still no solid links to any real dangers. Radar was the first big use of microwaves, and since the 1950s microwaves have become incredibly common (they started being used for long distance telecommunications). Additionally, this school dropping it's wifi network still makes no sense, as doing so will not prevent the kids from being exposed to microwave radiation, be it from other wifi networks in the area, or the massive network that connects all those cellphones. The kids, like the rest of us, will be exposed to microwaves and with a sample size that makes up a sizeable portion of the world's human population, one can definitely make the argument that the kids feeling ill has nothing to do with the wifi.

Maybe the school should be spending some time investigating what did cause these kids to feel sick, instead of pinning the blame on the first easy to blame scapegoat. Seems to me that that might be a better solution, especially from the kids point of view.

I actually agree here, I do not beleive that banning a single Wifi router is actually gonna do anything, the fact that kids are getting sick is probably due to, oh I dont know, cold and flu season? (Feeling really shitty myself today, maybe it is the wireless router I am sitting next to?)

My point is that even though it is part of everyday life now, we really have no idea as to its long term effects. No serious studies have been to find out anything besides the short term. I think it is wise to limit childrens access to these exterior forces just to be safe.

 

[DemonicVixen]

OOOOOH so THAT explains it >.> ... Ever since i got wireless internet into my house, i get constantly ill. Must be the waves traveling through the air affecting my brain.

NOT!

Pathetic. Just because the system had not long been installed does NOT mean they have to blame that. I bet they were just scared of this new technology.

 

[Arehexes]

Laughing gives me headaches, we should ban all jokes.

 

[Bored Tomatoe]

I'm sure it had nothing to do with the horrific fluorescent lights, grubby, disgusting, germ filled environment and food barely fit for human consumption. It's gotta be the wireless.

 

[Blue_vision]

Eh, I can't believe I live in this province when people are so stupid.

We're also responsible for Justin Bieber

This is just stupid. Another case of parents trying to protect their children by jumping on anything that looks at them funny. Actually scratch that, charging with a knife at anyone anyone that takes a glance at them. My cafeteria lunch sometimes makes me sick, are they going to get rid of that too? (Actually, I hope not, because my cafeteria actually makes amazing lunches)

*sigh* Parents these days

 

[Blue_vision]

I'm sure it had nothing to do with the horrific fluorescent lights, grubby, disgusting, germ filled environment and food barely fit for human consumption. It's gotta be the wireless.

The flourescent lights have got to be a big one.

 

[Spencer Petersen]

This is what happens when a school board makes decisions based entirely on hoaxed internet videos and rumors

 

[nebtheslayer95]

or, widespread "sickness" could have been caused because the school sucked and nobody wanted to go there?

 

[Flac00]

Not a fan of wireless, myself.
Just using a mobile makes my head feel weird.

There's something more than people imagining things going on with the microwaves being emmited from wireless devices, if you were to ask me, anyway.

I wouldn't because your crazy. Cell phone and wifi do not release enough radiation to even slightly effect you. Plus, do you know how much radiation flys around you every day? Sunlight; thats a lot of radiation; radio-waves; radiation too; gamma rays; don't try to hide from them since they go through the earth. It is ridiculous to think that radiation from cell phones and especially wifi is dangerous, or that it is effecting you. So than why are you feeling weird when cell phones are next to you? Well I have a few hypothesis: 1-its all in your mind 2-you are using a cellphone from 1980, in which case there is radiation beating into your skull (that stuff stopped after 1985 anyway) 3-your cell phone is making a noise that hurts your head like the high pitched winy noise that older TVs made 4-(the most likely) you have never actually felt anything from your cell phone before, but now after reading a story on some misinformed and overprotective parents, you suddenly "feel it". You scaring yourself into believing it, the only damage that cell phone is doing to you is making you paranoid. It is like an evil placebo.

 

[MikailCaboose]

...I'm around Wi-Fi practically 24/7. And I feel absolutely great! Why do I think that this is just a classic example of false correlation being taken to the absolute of seriousness...

Not that I believe this story, but do you see the irony in saying that you, personally, feel fine in the presence of wireless, and because of that the logical conclusion if that they are confusing correlation with causation?

Since I've seen a bunch of conflicting studies, it's the best that I can really do to be honest... And yes that pretty much destroys my statement, but oh well.

 

[Unesh52]

There is enough anecdotal evidence from parents that this is worth looking into."

And that is all it is for now, just saying. So no, not all schools across Canada should be doing this. Blaming Wi-Fi is a post-hoc rationalization and that's it. The students likely all ate lunch that day; you could just as reliably blame the milk.

Wi-Fi utilises microwave radiation to send signals, you know the same stuff thats cooks your pizza pockets in a microwave. It has been know to cause cancer and other illnesses, personally after prolonged exposer to Wi-Fi i get migranes, sometimes these can be serious other times they are just a nuicence; on another note because wi-fi and microwave radiation is becoming more populer more and more people (including children) are having migranes and other possibly dangerous health issues.

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First of all, source!

Second of all, "microwaves" is a name given to a vast portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, most of which is too low in frequency to harm us, and is constantly flitting about all around us un-bidden, from many sources. It's almost certainly passing through you as you read this.

Your whole argument is specious.

...That being said, I don't actually know either way whether Wi-fi has negative health effects, I'm just commenting on the structure of your argument that it does. I'm perfectly willing to side with the experts referenced in the article though; I'll say there's not enough evidence to support the claim of the Canadian school.