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Sometimes it seems as if the hypochondriacs of the world have the biggest bull horn. The list of potentially life threatening foods, activities and technologies keeps growing. Red meat, eggs, cell phones, even iPods aren't safe from the Chicken Littles of the medical crowd. Recently, it was reported that Wi-Fi laptops can be dangerous for kids.
Now it turns out that Wi-Fi isn't dangerous for kids, or adults. Scientists working with the BBC series 'Panorama' collected data in an attempt to show that there is no evidence that Wi-Fi radios are dangerous to your health.
"Wi-Fi seems unlikely to pose any risk to health," said Lawrie Challis, a professor from the U.K.'s Nottingham University who conducts research on telecommunications and health. According to Challis, the low intensity of Wi-Fi radio waves means sitting in a Wi-Fi hotspot for a year results in the same dose of radiation as making a 20-minute call on your cell phone.
So perhaps our earlier suggestion that you get a pair of lead Fruit-of-the-Looms was a little premature.
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Subscribe to commentsLarryJun 11th 2007 8:57PM
Interesting that the study was "...in an attempt to show that there is no evidence that Wi-Fi radios are dangerous to your health." Well, of course, if you set out to disprove something, you're going to show your evidence (if any) that appears to disprove it, but downplay evidence to the contrary (if any). Duh
DumbDocNov 21st 2007 6:18PM
Larry - do you really think the scientists involved would put it that way? Looks to me like that statement "in an attempt to...etc." came from a hurried and perhaps scientifically illiterate reporter trying to summarize thoughtlessly. The study may be questionable, but not because of a media person's misunderstanding of scientific methodology.