Parents in Canada are blaming their children's illnesses on Wi-Fi in schools

[Amused]

lol @ thread tags

Ya like that huh? That's all I could think the whole time I read the article. Ugh...

 

[KMFJD]

Same type of idiots that are protesting all the wind turbines being put in place around here....

 

[KMFJD]

Thunder Bay is a shithole anyway.

KT

It's paradise compared to WIndsor

 

[meltdown75]

It's paradise compared to WIndsor

everywhere is paradise compared to Windsor.

 

[KeithTalent]

I've never been to Windsor, but I used to Summer near Thunder Bay and the few times we had to go into the city it sucked.

KT

 

[meltdown75]

i didn't mind Thunder Bay. then again i went there when i was 15 or something. also i'm not a hater like everyone here. you get older and places that used to be boring aren't really all that boring anymore. there's stuff to see and do around there, for sure.

mount McKay
sleeping giant
kakabeka falls
terry fox monument

etc

 

[AstroManLuca]

But concerned parents can be tough nuts to crack.

Nuts is right.

 

[Jeff7]

By your logic, just seeing colors should fry you.

You know, because of all that EM radiation.

And the visible spectrum's frequency is in the range of a few hundred terahertz. TERAHERTZ!!!
Death is surely upon us!

 

[KeithTalent]

i didn't mind Thunder Bay. then again i went there when i was 15 or something. also i'm not a hater like everyone here. you get older and places that used to be boring aren't really all that boring anymore. there's stuff to see and do around there, for sure.

mount McKay
sleeping giant
kakabeka falls
terry fox monument

etc

Outside the city was fine, that's where I was. It was in the city...D:

KT

 

[meltdown75]

Outside the city was fine, that's where I was. It was in the city...D:

KT

heh... yeah... i was @ the age where all i was interested in was arcades. not too sure there was one. now they're REALLY tough to find! around here anyway.

 

[Gibson486]

LOL...it's a school district. You think they have the actual money to invest in an antenna that can omit that much power?

Stop using the "I am a consultant BS". Guess what, I am too and I also do wireless systems also. Being in this industry, I can tell you this...a consultant only knows as much as to make him look like an expert to his client. You are pretty much proving it now.

 

[KeithTalent]

heh... yeah... i was @ the age where all i was interested in was arcades. not too sure there was one. now they're REALLY tough to find! around here anyway.

There is one on my way home from work. I stop in there on my way home to play Street Fighter every once in a while. :awe:

KT

 

[Paperdoc]

Just want to point out that, although this story does come from a Canadian situation, it is NOT typical of Canadian thinking. The same occasional fears pop up in many places and countries.

Just to add a note of balance, though, the fundamental question has not been answered, because we do not have enough information. That question is: given very long-term constant exposure to low levels of electromagnetic signals in the 1 to 3 GHz region, will the incidence of ANY health problems in the general population be increased? And, by how much - enough to make tighter limits necessary? So far the increase in incidence has been so small as to be hard or impossible to detect, and the length of time of continuous exposure has been too short to answer the root question. That does not mean we eliminate the purported cause of these possible-but-not-proven problems. In the meantime there ARE limits on the power level of wireless network transceivers and cell phones, based on some compromise between known hazards for short-term exposure (modified by some safety factor to anticipate long-term exposure) and technical requirements for the technology to serve its intended purpose.

 

[Wyndru]

The librarians at our school googled "wifi cancer" one day after a teacher asked them too. None of them want to have their desks near an access point now.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

The librarians at our school googled "wifi cancer" one day after a teacher asked them too. None of them want to have their desks near an access point now.

Tell them to google "flouride mind control" sometime.

 

[zinfamous]

So nobody refutes that WiFi is actually a microwave then? That's the only point I was making.

Oh.


Dear.





God.

 

[zinfamous]

I've never been to Windsor, but I used to Summer near Thunder Bay and the few times we had to go into the city it sucked.

KT

I don't think I've ever known anyone that "summered." What's that like?

:hmm:

 

[Matthiasa]

I recall a study that placed a cellphone near mice, some that were healthy and some with dementia, with end result being improved cognitive skills for all of them

If that is then the case all those children should be like geniuses and the parents should be more then appreciative of that.

 

[maziwanka]

effing hilarious. blame wifi and waste time not looking for the real cause

 

[PingSpike]

effing hilarious. blame wifi and waste time not looking for the real cause

It's funny too because if its like most schools its probably full of asbestos and water damage induced black mold.

Anyway, the symptoms can easily be explained by the fact school sucks and the bodies of the students were rejecting it.

 

[Amused]

Ya know, the funny thing is, the installation of the Wi-Fi may have stirred up/uncovered mold and mildew causing all these symptoms.

Hysteria is just fucking stupid.

 

[oddyager]

Ya know, the funny thing is, the installation of the Wi-Fi may have stirred up/uncovered mold and mildew causing all these symptoms.

Hysteria is just fucking stupid.

I'm betting this is exactly what happened.

 

[erikistired]

canadians.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Ya know, the funny thing is, the installation of the Wi-Fi may have stirred up/uncovered mold and mildew causing all these symptoms.

Hysteria is just fucking stupid.

I'm betting this is exactly what happened.

How, exactly, does installing a few boxes in random areas and plugging them into a power source "stir up" or "uncover" mold/mildew? It's not like wired networking where you have to run wires through the ceiling or walls...

 

[Demon-Xanth]

How, exactly, does installing a few boxes in random areas and plugging them into a power source "stir up" or "uncover" mold/mildew? It's not like wired networking where you have to run wires through the ceiling or walls...

Easy:
Some wifi is done by wiring antennas and mounting them to walls. The equipment may be a good distance away from the source.