Via Drudge comes word that the UK wants to study possible harmful effects of Wi-Fi on people. The thinking behind all this is that an electromagnetic field disrupts normal cells in the body, so having Wi-Fi all around you is maybe something that needs looking at. Hard for some to believe. Conventional wisdom says everything causes cancer, so what does it matter, right? If it’s not one thing that will kill you, it’s another. Me, I should have webbed hands by now from all the screenprinting chemicals I breathed in while in college, let alone the 20 cases of Spray Mount I’ve likely breathed in over the years.But unless you’ve been in a cave or don’t care, it’s hard to ignore current data showing the health risks of ambient electromagnetic fields from power lines and other sources. Older computer monitors. Cell phones. Microwave ovens. By now, do you really need convincing to spend less time with those things? Wi-Fi may not be that much of a leap either. At one time cigarettes and asbestos shingles were safe too. The picture by the way, shows an experiment by artist Richard Box where fluorescent lights were place below power lines—without hooking them up to anything.
Tags: ambient electromagnetic fields, Richard Box
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