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UK Schools Bans WiFi Due To Health Concerns
Mantrid42 writes "Schools in the UK are getting rid of their WiFi network, citing health concerns from parents and teachers. The wireless emanations, parents fear, may be the root cause of a host of problems from simple fatigue to the possibility of cancer. A few scientists think younger humans may be more vulnerable to the transmissions, because of thinner skulls. From the article: "Vivienne Baron, who is bringing up Sebastian, her ten-year-old grandson, said: 'I did not want Sebastian exposed to a wireless computer network at school. No real evidence has been produced to prove that this new technology is safe in the long term. Until it is, I think we should take a precautionary approach and use cabled systems.'"
Glad to see we don't have a monopoly on idiocy here in the States...
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I wonder if young Sebastion is being protected from cell phone users? Someone call Youth Services and get someone other there pronto!
Stands a greater risk of injury from tripping over the cables of a wired network than from the RF emitted from a wireless network. Our poor, ignorant UK friends...
"Eve of Destruction", it's not just for old hippies anymore...
I haven't been able to pee since I installed my new linksys. This solves it.
Having installed wireless networks in *dozens* of schools, this is pretty much the reaction I experience with a few hours exposure to schools.
Too bad the cables are covered in asbestos!!! Muhahahhaa.
I don't get it, are we not bombarded with radio waves. AM/FM Radio, cell phones, cordless phones. Natural occurring radio waves? I though it was just something in the environment we learned to harness.
hospitals have wireless networks
people die in hospitals, these wireless network tubes must be dangerous things! won't anyone think of the children?
What doesn't cause cancer?
Large values of 1
Small values of 0
Prime Numbers
Et cetera
/Learn Math, Prevent Cancer
[Fuck Beta]
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Gullibility is fatal. You just have to encourage it a bit.
Don't forget the cordless phones! Will someone please think of the children and get rid of the cordless phones?
"I forgot my mantra."
Why in hell can't they just wear tinfoil hats like the rest of us?
You're using her as bait, Master!
I hope these kids don't have televisions, wireless phones, or god forbid cellphones. I also, for the sake of the CHILDREN, hope they don't go outside ever where they will be bombarded by RADIATION from a gigantic nuclear furnace! The horror!Why do you think I'm down here in the basement where it's cool and dark?
You're using her as bait, Master!
Have you ever tried turning on a radio, there's hundreds of stations - not many people seem to realise the danger but even the sun is producing radio waves, my god we're surrounded by wireless radiation - why isn't the government doing something, won't somebody think of the children!
Large doses of hydrogen cyanide.
I'm sorry, you did ask.
I would have used a fucking spellchecker before posting.
From a teacher:
Funny, I had the same reaction. But I don't recall there being wifi in my classrooms.
hazard that wasn't investigated (e.g., hearing loss or arthritis).
So *that's* why my arthritis and hearing loss get worse every time I search the internet for information on arthritis and hearing loss...
ZuluPad, the wiki notepad on crack
Young Sebastion ... Meme Alert.
Please everyone start using "Young Sebastion" to describe our vulnerable children.
Won't you think of Young Sebastion before starting another internet meme?!
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
Edward Everett (1794 - 1865)
Really?
Mother, do you think they'll like this sig?
That's okay, I'm not using Aethernet, I'm using Tolkien Ring.
(Yah, I know, but is that really any worse than some of ther other jokes in this thread?)
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