Effects of Wireless on Your Health

Some people speculate that prolonged exposure to wireless network devices can cause memory loss or other brain damage. A few schools have even banned use of Wi-Fi networking due to health concerns. Scientific studies, however, have been inconclusive. Is it some kind of conspiracy by the wireless industry to keep basic research from being done? Or is there no real problem to be found. One thing is for certain: Many people have strong opinions on both sides. What Do You Think?

Some are refusing to listen

Some people speculate that prolonged exposure to wireless network devices can cause memory loss or other brain damage. A few schools have even banned use of Wi-Fi networking due to health concerns. Scientific studies, however, have been inconclusive. Is it some kind of conspiracy by the wireless industry to keep basic research from being done? Or is there no real problem to be found. One thing is for certain: Many people have strong opinions on both sides. What Do You Think?

Some are refusing to listen

It is quite obvious that many will not listen despite the confirmed research and information passed across to people that wi fi is hazardous. That it affects brain memories and flow of the blood in the heart.

—Guest ayodjy

Wireless radiation = no problem!

I have spent over 40 years working on transmitters at all frequencies. I am 78 years old and have no health problems. Been exposed to more microwave radiation than any cellphone user will ever encounter.

—Guest norm

Worried about the wrong things

I went to a Cisco CWLS class a few years back. The teacher said (talking about milliwatt exposure)... "5 minutes on a cell phone is the same as 1 year sitting under a wi-fi antenna".

—Guest Mark

Give it a rest!

I think its absurd. Those who are worried about this should worry about something else, like, whatever happened to Absorbine Sr.?

—Guest stringalong

Precaution is better than cure

There is one fantastic proverb in English that you can take horse to the the pond but can not force him to drink water. The same is that of Wi-Fi networking to convey that it is hazardous for life.

—Guest Devendra Burad

Just adapt

We cannot survive without wireless technology, so we can try and survive with the effects.

—Guest calvo

Sad that it can cause health problems

Wireless networks are cool in that you do away with cables hanging around your computer. But it’s sad to learn that it can cause serious health problems if used for a long time.... Just like smoking is cool but harmful to your body. Is there anything nice, I wonder?

—Guest Ezra Kwiimba

Is it making us dumber?

Maybe all these signals interacting with our bodies and heads is why students today seem dumber than my dad? Or it's the school system. Either way, we got stupider.

—Guest unknownchild

21st century version of smoking

I put this in the same category as smoking. In the mid 30s (I was born in 1924) my dad would light a cigarette and say "another nail in my coffin," and sure enough at age 50 he died of lung cancer. It took some 60-70 yrs for people to be serious about smoking as a hazard. AND PEOPLE STILL SMOKE. I expect the same thing will happen with WiFi and cell phones.

—Guest vink80

Wi-Fi and cellular radios seem similar

Yes, wireless networking affects our body, the radios affect our mind power. Mobile [cellular] networks use the same technique - if those radios affect our body then why not Wi-Fi? What u think buddies? Tell me if I'm right or wrong.

—Guest govind

What about radio, and nuclear radiation?

We have had radio for a long time. It doesn't appear to have caused any harm. But then, it's difficult to see the forest when you're in it. On the other hand, we have been bombarded with radiation since the 1950s, mostly from the testing done in Arizona, the Chernobyl event and other places... You are bombarded with radiation from so many sources!

—nesdave1

Near-field intensity

Some research at Tel Aviv University makes a link between cell phone usage (i. e., wireless in general) and salivary gland cancer as reported recently in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Could the link be caused in part (or totally) by the electromagnetic near field radiation close to the antenna of the cell phone (of wireless device) that are proportional to the inverse 4th, 6th, etc power of distance from the antenna. Not all radiation is of the inverse 2nd power that radiates into the distance. The 2nd power term radiates to long distances but the other higher order terms can be intense right at the antenna. In optics, energy flows around discontinuities and index gradients in the near field radiation pattern are quite complicated and do not follow the pattern seen in the far field radiation pattern. What happens at microwave frequencies is the same in principle except the dimensions of the flow patterns is larger as dictated by the proportionally of the wavelengths.

—Guest Ken

Agree there is risk

Being an Electrical Engineer, I know that living under "high voltage" lines does effect your body and mind. This has to go for any energy producing devices as well. Use a "hands free" ear-piece when using any cell or wireless device.

—Guest bigguy821

Who knows?

Nobody knows what the outcome will be till some years later. Will ailments like tinnitis become worse with wireless?

—Guest sp

How safe can it be when... .

We keep hearing so many news on this. You can't speak on cell phone with your right year since it affects your brain faster than the left one. Sparrows no more roost where we have transmission towers... etc etc.. but can all these come to be without there really being something behind it? When you can cook with microwave, how much of it is safe when speak on phone, use wireless net connection or just use the wireless head set? Methinks, there more harm than is realized or the scientific community is prepared to tell us, since they would have been silenced on matters of commerce?

—Guest [e-mail]

Horse poo...and lots of it

They said the same thing about Police traffic RADAR...bunch of cops sued...lost. Studies were done...RADAR not at fault. People will look for boogey men where ever they can. At the power we are dealing with in home networks, it is silly to think wi-fi could be dangerous, unless one has a 1.21 gigwatt wi-fi transceiver array somewhere in their home....

—Guest Jeff Kincaid

It is quite obvious that many will not listen despite the confirmed research and information passed across to people that wi fi is hazardous. That it affects brain memories and flow of the blood in the heart.

—Guest ayodjy

Wireless radiation = no problem!

I have spent over 40 years working on transmitters at all frequencies. I am 78 years old and have no health problems. Been exposed to more microwave radiation than any cellphone user will ever encounter.

—Guest norm

Worried about the wrong things

I went to a Cisco CWLS class a few years back. The teacher said (talking about milliwatt exposure)... "5 minutes on a cell phone is the same as 1 year sitting under a wi-fi antenna".

—Guest Mark

Give it a rest!

I think its absurd. Those who are worried about this should worry about something else, like, whatever happened to Absorbine Sr.?

—Guest stringalong

Precaution is better than cure

There is one fantastic proverb in English that you can take horse to the the pond but can not force him to drink water. The same is that of Wi-Fi networking to convey that it is hazardous for life.

—Guest Devendra Burad

Just adapt

We cannot survive without wireless technology, so we can try and survive with the effects.

—Guest calvo

Sad that it can cause health problems

Wireless networks are cool in that you do away with cables hanging around your computer. But it’s sad to learn that it can cause serious health problems if used for a long time.... Just like smoking is cool but harmful to your body. Is there anything nice, I wonder?

—Guest Ezra Kwiimba

Is it making us dumber?

Maybe all these signals interacting with our bodies and heads is why students today seem dumber than my dad? Or it's the school system. Either way, we got stupider.

—Guest unknownchild

21st century version of smoking

I put this in the same category as smoking. In the mid 30s (I was born in 1924) my dad would light a cigarette and say "another nail in my coffin," and sure enough at age 50 he died of lung cancer. It took some 60-70 yrs for people to be serious about smoking as a hazard. AND PEOPLE STILL SMOKE. I expect the same thing will happen with WiFi and cell phones.

—Guest vink80

Wi-Fi and cellular radios seem similar

Yes, wireless networking affects our body, the radios affect our mind power. Mobile [cellular] networks use the same technique - if those radios affect our body then why not Wi-Fi? What u think buddies? Tell me if I'm right or wrong.

—Guest govind

What about radio, and nuclear radiation?

We have had radio for a long time. It doesn't appear to have caused any harm. But then, it's difficult to see the forest when you're in it. On the other hand, we have been bombarded with radiation since the 1950s, mostly from the testing done in Arizona, the Chernobyl event and other places... You are bombarded with radiation from so many sources!

—nesdave1

Near-field intensity

Some research at Tel Aviv University makes a link between cell phone usage (i. e., wireless in general) and salivary gland cancer as reported recently in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Could the link be caused in part (or totally) by the electromagnetic near field radiation close to the antenna of the cell phone (of wireless device) that are proportional to the inverse 4th, 6th, etc power of distance from the antenna. Not all radiation is of the inverse 2nd power that radiates into the distance. The 2nd power term radiates to long distances but the other higher order terms can be intense right at the antenna. In optics, energy flows around discontinuities and index gradients in the near field radiation pattern are quite complicated and do not follow the pattern seen in the far field radiation pattern. What happens at microwave frequencies is the same in principle except the dimensions of the flow patterns is larger as dictated by the proportionally of the wavelengths.

—Guest Ken

Agree there is risk

Being an Electrical Engineer, I know that living under "high voltage" lines does effect your body and mind. This has to go for any energy producing devices as well. Use a "hands free" ear-piece when using any cell or wireless device.

—Guest bigguy821

Who knows?

Nobody knows what the outcome will be till some years later. Will ailments like tinnitis become worse with wireless?

—Guest sp

How safe can it be when... .

We keep hearing so many news on this. You can't speak on cell phone with your right year since it affects your brain faster than the left one. Sparrows no more roost where we have transmission towers... etc etc.. but can all these come to be without there really being something behind it? When you can cook with microwave, how much of it is safe when speak on phone, use wireless net connection or just use the wireless head set? Methinks, there more harm than is realized or the scientific community is prepared to tell us, since they would have been silenced on matters of commerce?

—Guest [e-mail]

Horse poo...and lots of it

They said the same thing about Police traffic RADAR...bunch of cops sued...lost. Studies were done...RADAR not at fault. People will look for boogey men where ever they can. At the power we are dealing with in home networks, it is silly to think wi-fi could be dangerous, unless one has a 1.21 gigwatt wi-fi transceiver array somewhere in their home....

—Guest Jeff Kincaid