Health concerns over Wi-Fi?

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Now I know there's probably some stupid Daily Mail article somewhere that says 'Wifi give you cancer', but are there any genuine known issues with people having adverse reactions to Wifi?

Someone I know says that Wifi makes him feel ill, and I find this hard to believe as surely a mobile phone kicks out a similar amount of radiation, and the wavelengths of Wifi and mobile phones are pretty similar also aren't they? Around 2Ghz or so? Please correct me if I'm wrong...
 
You know the reason wifi switched to 5ghz was because every cordless phone, microwave, baby monitor etc used 2.4ghz before you even had to ware seatbelts i.e. before there was such strict regulation and yes, mobiles are around that frequency (slowly changing). The only serious research into these effects have been done by the military (many, many years ago) and while they may never have been made public, the use of wireless has only increased in far more compact environments than you'll ever have in a home.

Magnetic fields have a pronounced effect on humans, though it you put straws in a cereal box and told your friend it was wifi you could probably write placebo on it too. If wifi did make him feel sick, then he would have been permanently sick for all of his life :) Look for another cause, I hear butterflys are good.
 
Mobile phones certainly heat my ear up after a while, feels pretty uncomfortable tbh, hence I nearly always use speaker phone.

Due to wi-fi in the home being a relatively new thing i'd say no-one can be sure of any long term health risks, tbh I would imagine we are exposed to very low, residual amounts of EM radiation in a wi-fi'd home that should be harmless. Hopefully anyway:confused:

There is claimed to be a syndrome called Electromagnetic hypersensitivity, who knows maybe your friend is a sufferer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_hypersensitivity
 
Azuse05 said:
You know the reason wifi switched to 5ghz was because every cordless phone, microwave, baby monitor etc used 2.4ghz before you even had to ware seatbelts i.e. before there was such strict regulation and yes, mobiles are around that frequency (slowly changing). The only serious research into these effects have been done by the military (many, many years ago) and while they may never have been made public, the use of wireless has only increased in far more compact environments than you'll ever have in a home.

Magnetic fields have a pronounced effect on humans, though it you put straws in a cereal box and told your friend it was wifi you could probably write placebo on it too. If wifi did make him feel sick, then he would have been permanently sick for all of his life :) Look for another cause, I hear butterflys are good.
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The current gen of Wi-Fi is actually still 2.4Ghz. It only briefly switched to 5Ghz but it never stayed there very long due to the decrease in range.
 
I think living in a developed country full stop is more hazardous to health than WIFI. I remember seeing a study on some of those people who think they are allergic to technology, they were split into groups and exposed to varying types of em emitting devices such as phones and WIFI or none at all. Those that were told they had no gadgets near them said they were fine and those that were told that the had been exposed said they felt like **** after, even if they hadn't been near a device :rolleyes:
 
Buchanan0204 said:
The current gen of Wi-Fi is actually still 2.4Ghz. It only briefly switched to 5Ghz but it never stayed there very long due to the decrease in range.
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Wi-Fi never switched frequencies.

Wi-Fi was, and still is, available on both frequency ranges.

2.4GHz Wi-Fi is just a lot more common, which can make 5GHz very useful in congested areas.
 
World Heath Organisation now say mobile phones may cause a health risk. Wi-Fi uses a similar type of frequency. Personally I have always had headaches from mobile phones and talk on a bluetooth device (use cable type, so Bluetooth transmitter is away from ear) that exposes me to a tiny fraction of the radiation of actual phone.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/6674675.stm

Article above from BBC. Professor Olle Johansson was the person who first detected radiation from CRT's. Sir William Stuart was government health adviser to both Conservative and Labour government and is now Chairman of National Radiological Protection Board. Two both very respected people in their fields.

Resent article on mobile phone risk. I know we are talking about Wi-Fi, but in link above an indoor Wi-Fi router gives around 3 times the exposure of radiation than a near by phone mast.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...ic-say-World-Health-Organisation-experts.html
 
Ceiling_Cat said:
Your ear gets hot because you are holding a warm object against it for a long time lol you will be saying your pillow is giving you cancer because it makes your ear warm next
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I'm the same, and have taken to not resting mobile against ear. But still get a sensation.
 
There is no evidence that mobile phones cause cancer, even the WHO admits as much. Their rankings are daft, there's only something like one thing on the known to be non-carcinogenic list.
 
Perhaps wi-fi and mobile phones do carry a small health risk. But not doing something because it carries a small risk doesn't make any sense. Everything in your life carries risks. Driving, walking, drinking, eating various foods, playing sport, not playing sport, crossing the road, using electricity, doing your job, sleeping, etc. etc.

Going through life without exposing yourself to risks is impossible and undesirable. You just have to match up risks to benefits. Personally, I'll take the (probably small) risk that wi-fi will make me ill, because it's really useful and you can't really get away from it anyway.
 
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