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Electrosensitive Group Files Lawsuit Against Public Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 28, 2008
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A group in Santa Fe, New Mexico is asking the city to ban Wi-Fi from public Wi-Fi, claiming their electrosensitivity causes symptoms including chest pains and headaches in response to Wi-Fi signals.
"The citizens claim that Wi-Fi netw...
Cell Phone Use While Pregnant Tied to Behavioral Issues in Children
in The Wireless Weblog, on May 19, 2008
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A new study has found that women who use mobile phones while pregnant, even just two or three times a day, are significantly more likely to give birth to children with behavioral problems.
"The study of more than 13,000 Danish mothers... found that children who were exposed t...
Study Warns of Cancer Risk with Heavy Mobile Phone Use
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 19, 2008
A study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology reports that Israeli mobile phone users "who had used the phone against one side of the head for several hours a day were 50% more likely to have developed a salivary gland tumor ," BBC News reports .
"The study also...
MMF Says Mobile Phones May Cause Insomnia
in The Wireless Weblog, on January 21, 2008
A recent study funded by the Mobile Manufacturers Forum (MMF) and conducted by researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute and Wayne State University in Detroit has found that cell phone radiation can cause insomnia.
According to USA Today's Michael Winter , the researchers fo...
UK's Health Protection Agency to Study Health Effects of Wi-Fi
in The Wireless Weblog, on October 15, 2007
In response to the recent panic about Wi-Fi in schools, the UK's Health Protection Agency (HPA) last Friday announced plans to "carry out a systematic programme of research into wireless local area networks (WLANs) and their use."
And their attitude toward the planned study ...
Germany Goes Insane (or Maybe it Doesn't...)
in The Wireless Weblog, on September 11, 2007
The German government stated this week that people should avoid using Wi-Fi whenever possible due to possible health risks... or maybe they didn't...
"The German government's ruling - which contrasts sharply with the unquestioning promotion of the technology by British official...
3Com and 802UK Fight Back Against Wi-Fi Paranoia
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 4, 2007
Techworld's Bryan Betts reports that 3Com and reseller 802UK are fighting back against Wi-Fi paranoia among parents and teachers. The company say, Betts writes, that "not only is wireless less harmful than mobile phones, but it can provide major educational benefits."
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Electricity Without Wires: MIT Team Invents WiTricity
in The Wireless Weblog, on June 7, 2007
ITWire's Stephen Withers reports that a team of scientists at MIT "have demonstrated a wireless power transfer scheme they have dubbed 'WiTricity' or wireless electricity."
"While the demonstration was of a 60W globe being powered from a source over two metres (...
Wi-Fi: 'The Asbestos of the 21st Century'
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 23, 2007
The Daily Telegraph's Gary Cleland reports today that England's Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) , which has 35,000 members, is calling for more research into Wi-Fi, saying it could become the "asbestos of the 21st century."
"There is a growing backlash aga...
The Muni Wi-Fi Fear Factor
in The Wireless Weblog, on February 21, 2007
Broadband Reports' Karl Bode today picks up on a Daily Herald story reporting that the Healthy Home Alliance is fighting against a planned citywide Wi-Fi installation by MetroFi in Naperville, Illinois.
"To me, radiation is radiation," says the Healthy Home Alliance...
Wi-Fi Will Kill You! (Part II)
in The Wireless Weblog, on July 20, 2006
We last touched on this issue in April , and now it's baaack -- CIO News picks up on a story by Rosie Lombardi that looks at the health effects of Wi-Fi hotzones.
The Toronto Board of Health , Lombardi notes, is conducting a study of the potential health risks posed by Toronto Hydro ...
Are You Electro-Sensitive?
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 28, 2006
Sci-Tech Today reports on the idea that some people may be more sensitive to the health effects of Wi-Fi than others.
"I've seen several doctors and dentists who have put wireless LANs into their surgeries and then had complaints from staff who can feel something in their he...