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?"

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Video games, not electromagnetism, fry your brain?

[Futurepower(R)]

The problem with playing video games all the time is that, unlike 2.4 GHz radio waves, games fry your brain and you don't spend enough time learning about science. Maybe that's why Slashdot editors are fooled so often by hoaxes. Perhaps one-fourth of Slashdot articles are about being a games spectator (not about games technology). It's not necessary for anyone to be a geek or a nerd, if he or she is willing to stop playing games long enough to learn about social interaction.

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Better ban Microwave Ovens too

[Yartrebo]

Considering that microwave ovens use the same frequency yet deal with far greater powers, he aught to be banning them too.

Truly, this guy is totally clueless. Then again, if Bush could get to such a high position, what's stopping this guy.

I cannot beleive the mobile phone radiation thing.

[EddyPearson]

Forget this "you'll get a brain tumour and die" from using you're mobile too much.
For years i have kept my mobile in my pockets, inches away from my nads!
Day after day, i get text messages, calls, wap whatever.
Point is, if i beleive the hype, then i'm going to have to consider a number of rather terrifying possibilities..