Group Wants Wi-Fi Banned, Citing Allergy

54mc writes "A small group in Santa Fe, New Mexico is claiming that the city is discriminating against them by having wireless networks in public buildings. How are these buildings discriminatory? Simple. These people are allergic to Wi-Fi. And they're suing the city." I've been trying to sue people for the streetlights that I'm allergic to as well.

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Someplace Else?

[His Shadow]

Is there a planet or a moon to which we can send these people to be with their Luddite kind? Or has another planet already done this to us?

RF energy damage is debatable

[o1d5ch001]

Ok, Lets talk about the science of RF and cancer rates.

What we know, without a cause being understood:
* Cancer rates are sky rocketing.
* Natural systems are failing (Bees)
* RF energy at certain levels does cause soft-tissue damage
* We are in a sea of RF energy:
            * RF energy is naturally occurring and is partly responsible for mutations (evolution)
            * Man made RF is at an all-time high.
            * It is not well understood how combinations of RF can cause damage.

Italian electromagnetic fields three times other areas and Vatican Cardinals jailed:
http://www.epicentro.iss.it/ben/precedenti/ottobre/1_en.htm

Ok, so we have _some_ evidence that RF causes real damage. Its documented.
We have some people who claim sensitivity to RF energy (Do you _like) florescent lights?, Those transformers are noisy!! Both audible range and RF wise)

What I hear most people saying on Slashdot is that people who suffer from real RF exposure should just suck it up! So what if you never smoked and you get cancer! Too bad! We still get to enjoy all that high speed porn.

What is it about Slashdot that it becomes an empathy free zone. What happened to Science? We have someone stating that they have an observed phenomenon, we have weak epidemiological evidence that long-term exposure to RF causes real problems. Talk about your junk science!!