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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?"
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!).
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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.
being vague is almost as cool as doing that other thing...
You read /. and your nick is NerdENerd.
Why do you care if your nuts are ok?
At least I apparently don't, as I'm not concerned even though I'm typing this with a hot laptop on my lap and both WiFi and Bluetooth in use...
Jeez, I wish people who have no earthly clue what they're talking about would refrain from posting.
Well, but the mods will give those people what they deserve... +5, Insightful.
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.
How pathetic are you that you follow me from topic to topic and waste all your mod points at once modding me down?
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