Emma Jones on Wi-Fi: "I Think We Are Frying Children’s Brains."
Just as 3Com and 802UK were announcing a campaign against misinformation regarding the dangers of Wi-Fi in schools (see previous post), local councillors in the UK have determined that "wireless Internet technology in schools should be suspended and an 'open and honest debate' on the issue should take place," according to the Tottenham Journal.
The debate focused specifically on Wi-Fi in Muswell Hill's Tetherdown School.
Local anti-Wi-Fi campaigner Sarah Purdy stated in response to the councillors' decision, "I'm pleased. I hope the executive will approve the recommendations and I hope Tetherdown will take note while they can and get some cabling in the school."
"Campaigners cited a recent Panorama programme in which Sir William Stewart, chairman of the Health Protection Agency (HPA), suggested potential health risks should be reviewed," the article states.
Councillor Emma Jones of Bruce Grove instantly won the Silliest Official Statement of the Year award by stating, "I, quite frankly, think we are frying children's brains."
Milko said:
Jul 05, 07 at 1:08 amI think I saw an alien and a flying saucer…
It’s amazing how people, pretending to be objective, tend to transfer their fears into convictions…
T said:
Jul 05, 07 at 1:09 pmIf that were true then they would have to remove anything remotely radiological from schools. microwaves, cell phones, etc. And tell the teachers to get those damned bluetooth earpieces out of their ears. They’ll wake up one morning with a malignant tumor growing off their eardrum. Wifi routers only puts out about 1/100th of the amount of radiological activity that a modern microwave does, and you basically have to be sitting next to the router with your face resting on it, to get any residual from it.