http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/ Engadget Comments for UK doctor puts the smackdown on WiFi fearmongers http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Dec 12th 2006 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/
Its about time someone took a stand against this Wifi silliness! ]]>Dec 12th 2006 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/
]]>Dec 12th 2006 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Dec 12th 2006 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Dec 12th 2006 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Dec 12th 2006 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Please correct me if I am wrong. I have not read any medical studies on this or anything. My opinion is based solely on physics and the properties of electromagnetic waves.]]>Dec 12th 2006 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/
These waves are on the order of 2-3 centimeters I believe.
But still, unless you're surrounding yourself with magnetrons from a bunch of microwaves.. you're fine. Its the intensity that matters, not to wavelength.]]>Dec 12th 2006 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Dec 13th 2006 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Dec 13th 2006 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/
Knowing that cell phones and WiFi work at these wavelengths, then it could very well be dangerous for us. But that is only if the source has a high enough intensity, like you said.

Now it doesn't seem that far fetched for this radiation to damage some DNA. But I would seriously doubt that WiFi is strong enough to penetrate our bodies enough to cause any major damage (ie. cancer). If that was the case, we wouldn't be able to go outside when the Sun is up.

It also seems that what can cause cancer changes every other month. I couldn't imagine going back to a life before cell phones or WiFi anyway.]]>Dec 13th 2006 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Dec 13th 2006 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/_]]>Dec 13th 2006 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Quick, get the foil hats!!!]]>Dec 13th 2006 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Dec 13th 2006 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/
Call me when they have a cure for that whose side effects don't include death.]]>Dec 13th 2006 2:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/
On another topic, I have a friend who really is sensitive to electromagnetism. I don't know how it applies to electromagnetic radiation because in that case she could't live in light, but she can't stand being near to any electrical appliance. By her words, her skin begins to tickle and she gets a heavy headache.

While this issue could be total bullshit, we still don't know the full effects of EMR.]]>Dec 13th 2006 2:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Yeah it emits mostly in the visible, which is why our eyes are adapted to see visible light.
Our Sun is a blackbody and emits in all frequencies: gamma, x-ray... to radio. ]]>Dec 13th 2006 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Dec 13th 2006 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/]]>Dec 13th 2006 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/
Yes, I am sure this will certainly get by ethics. Hey, are you going to volunteer your kids for the study? Oh, how come?]]>Dec 13th 2006 3:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/If the tests show no harm to those subjects, you can move on to mice, cats, volunteers etc. That's the usual path to follow.]]>Dec 13th 2006 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/
Seriously though.. Wtf?]]>Dec 13th 2006 4:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Dec 13th 2006 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Lower than UV radiation isn't harmful, otherwise even light would hurt.]]>Dec 13th 2006 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Dec 13th 2006 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Dec 13th 2006 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Dec 13th 2006 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/
Other recent studies have blasted apart the "cell phone cancer" folks, I'm sure much to the dismay of useless "electromagnetic protection" manufacturers everywhere.

The thought that a wireless router can be harmful to your health (other than by causing you to sit prone at a computer all day) is ludicrous. Echoing an earlier poster - unless you're sitting in the middle of a bunch of cell phone tower emmitters all day, you have absolutely nothing to worry about.]]>Dec 13th 2006 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/12/uk-doctor-puts-the-smackdown-on-wifi-fearmongers/Jun 14th 2007 7:17PM