The Connection Between Wi-Fi and Illness is Real

http://preventdisease.com/news/12/031112_The-Connection-Between-Wi-Fi-Technology-And-Illness-is-Real.shtml

by adrianwaj • 14 years ago

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moreorless• 14 years ago

PSA - Do not waste your time by clicking on the link.

There is zero emperical data that suggests Wi-Fi causes illness. The whole article is nothing more than FUD. The site also published an aritcle suggesting that vaccines are useless.

adrianwaj3• 14 years ago

When it comes to health I am generally a reverse skeptic when it comes to interference and tampering - prove that it does no harm first rather than how great it is.

Anyhow, at bottom of article is link to another article (Electromagnetic Radiation From Laptops and Wireless Devices Nuke Sperm in Proximity) http://preventdisease.com/news/11/113011_Electromagnetic-Rad... which references: http://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(11)02678-1/abstr...

Piskvorrr3• 14 years ago

"One sperm aliquot (experimental) from each patient was exposed to an internet-connected laptop by Wi-Fi for 4 hours, whereas the second aliquot (unexposed) was used as control, incubated under identical conditions without being exposed to the laptop." I'm no scientist, but this just screams "too many factors" - IIRC other studies have shown a link between offline laptop use (this was sometime in early 200x IIRC, before ubiquitous WiFi) and decreased sperm motility due to the higher temperature; this is an interesting point for further research, but using this as "proof" that "EM nukes sperm" [note the clever "nuclear" insinuation] is, uh, not very convincing. (I don't see this SIG complaining about wireless analog phones, microwave ovens, or other established 2.4 GHz technology. Is there an agenda? Those "EM prevention devices" ads linked at the top perhaps?)

Piskvorrr3• 14 years ago

All the article says is "cell phone electromagnetic signal may be harmful in prolonged exposure, Wi-Fi is a similar type of signal, so it's also harmful [note the not-so-subtle shift there]; there is no evidence to support our thesis, so naturally we conclude that OH NOES TEH SKY IS FALLING11!1!!!" Pure FUD opinion piece.

The Connection Between Wi-Fi and Illness is Real

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