University Bans wi-fi as Health Concern

BaltikaTroika writes "A Canadian university has banned wi-fi, since the university President sees a possible link between electric and magnetic fields and brain tumors. According to the head of the university, "the jury's out on this one, I'm not going to put in place what is potential chronic exposure for our students." Is anybody outside of this university's administration concerned about this?"

Comments

Not an incredibly bad idea

[Stephen Samuel]

There's the possibility that wifi could be problematic, so he's playing safe.

Remember the people who got laughed at in the 50's and 60's when they suggested that tobacco could be carcinogenic... or all of the clock painters who 'sharpened' their radium paint brushes by licking them.

And it's not like you really lose that much -- It means that you have to physically wire your access points I argued a long time against my roommate putting a wireless network (but I ultimately lost). I still keep most of my machines wired, just on principle. (that, and having all these freaking network cards!).

Re:Well fuck, let's hope nobody lets slip to him

[miro f]

well that's ok, because the study was about Electromagnetic fields, not magnetic fields, which are two different things. As far as I am aware, there is absolutely no danger to humans from a magnetic field.

Re:Well fuck, let's hope nobody lets slip to him

[flyinwhitey]

Dude, get over yourself.

If you can't explain the concept simply, you don't understand it well enough.

And seriously, "theocratic medium"?

God you're a pompous asshole.

Re:What about cell phones?

[ahsile]

Hey dipshit... get your facts straight. Old car phones and "bag" phones used to emit 3 watts. New ones are capped at around 0.6 watts.

"In terms of wattage, wireless phones maximally emit power in the range of 0.2 to 0.6 watts."

http://www.letstalk.com/radiation/radiation.htm