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- hawkspur, on 10/11/2007, -4/+56Everything is bad for your health.....except marijuana >>.
- khaosx2030, on 10/11/2007, -3/+46Everything is bad for your health.
Kill yourself.
No wait that's bad for you too.
YOU are bad for your health. - teamparadox, on 10/11/2007, -2/+42no no, you must smoke the marijuana to counter act the ill effects of wifi, thats the way it works. pot by itself is BAD BAD BAD...but when you use it to prevent cancer or wi-fi disease...well then its good. You see what im saying here?
- Four20, on 10/11/2007, -3/+42I'll use WiFi for hours before putting a cell phone up to my head for hours on end.
This surprises me coming from the BBC - pintomp3, on 10/11/2007, -2/+32yes, since setting getting a laptop and setting up wifi, i've gained over 50 lbs and my blood pressure is up. the hazards of digging in bed.
- alwaysmc2, on 10/11/2007, -2/+25I would be surprised if I wasn't sterile by now. >.<
Wifi+bluetooth+cell phone+wireless keyboard and mouse = 0 sperm - riskybeats, on 10/11/2007, -2/+25Ahhh that explains why I grew a new arm out of my face the other day at work. Too much wi-fi. Shoulda known.
- 1jaxstate1, on 10/11/2007, -3/+24Tripping over a 20ft ethernet cable is bad for your health too.
- DrAtheist, on 10/11/2007, -0/+20BBC's counter point -wifi is not bad for your health
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6676129.stm - nerdjesus1, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19Short answer: no.
- kitwaites, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19Don't worry - the UK government has found that being born is the biggest cause of death worldwide. In a long term study, everyone who was born died. So they're recommending that to avoid the risk of death, people should stop being born.
It's the only way. - zevgreen, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19It doesn't affect me because I walk around with Aluminum Foil on my head.
- icebrk, on 10/11/2007, -5/+22haven't you heard? Life is an STD
- imacashew, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16aluminum foil is known to cause rheumatoid arthritis, sipocilia, lentivirus, elephantiasis, hemorrhoid's and blue balls...especially if warn on head
- bbtrev, on 10/11/2007, -2/+16Note: There is no mention here of Radioactivity! Radioactivity is one form of Radiation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation
Radiation includes infrared radiation (AKA heat), UV Radiation, Radio Waves and Visible light, all of which we are exposed to all day every day. Take a chill pill, a wireless hotspot is not going to kill you or make you sterile.
PS - I have 2 WAPs under my chair and i'm still shooting strong swimmers!! :-) - torched, on 10/11/2007, -2/+14Oh I thought it was all the big macs I ate for breakfest, i'm gonna sue linksys now.
- KnightMareInc, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11we're all dying anyway
- AnotherBrian, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Long answer: nooooooooooooooooooooooo.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9The ENTIRE programme is available to stream on www.bbc.co.uk/panorama. The submitter's link is awful - why not just link to the actual site rather than some news site with a template bought for about fifty pence.
- insanebrain, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8true. . we can do with less humans.. .do me a favor. . start with yourself.
- webcrumb, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8I think Buddhists, Hindi and [insert extra religions here] would too.
- Ramble, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Wi-Fi uses low power (100mW) microwaves.
At most it'll stir up a few water molecules (might even break some H-Bonds).
I find it amazing that people are hysterical about very low power microwaves (remember inverse square rule, no-one is going to stand next to their wireless router) but happily stand next to 1500W microwaves (with shielding). - filmbandit, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8cellphone radiation was an early theory for the bee disappearance. now a recently introduced pesticide is the suspect.
- FreeBadAdvice, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7I might be a dying breed, but I find a large tube of zip-tied cables running through my command center to be a pleasant sight. It looks complicated, which means people are less likely to get comfortable and "browse" or "socialize" using my computer. I guess it looks like high-voltage wiring to the unskilled. : )
- M73A, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Now its WIFI
before that it was phones
before that bird flu
before that SARS
before that mad cow disease
before that Aids..
we're all gonna die of something at one point ¬_¬ - Artifez, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8Getting old is extremely bad for your health, but people still do it.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6There's a reason your microwave requires 1100 watts of power to heat the water in objects...
- inactive, on 05/12/2008, -4/+8I was always under the impression that as long as radiation is non-ionizing, you're completely safe, no matter how much there is of it.
- afruff23, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Doesn't Wifi use radio waves (rhetorical question)? Radio waves have such a long wavelength that they go through everything and are harmless unless in concentrated amounts (i.e. radio station tower). Perhaps if you use a strong (i.e. high dBi) router it can affect your health.
- JoeBaynham, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Yeah! Every second we live is a second closer to death so why not enjoy our wireless networks, satellite TVs and microwaves while it lasts.
- joeydoo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Yeah.... stupid aids fear.
I'm glad that's over and I go back to ***** my way round Africa.
/I know you were joking. - afruff23, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5@skidme
You're absolutely right. As I already commented, they have the same frequency but vastly different wattage. - Zap2, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5No...I've been using Cell phone for years+wirreless keyboard+mouse+Wi-Fi at school/home for years....and I'm fine
They should all STFU! For once...Wi-Fi is good, it works, and has no effect on human. - Artifez, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Cancer cures everything
- bludragn0, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5Pardon the comment abuse, but webcrumb, your statement is wrong..kind of
1. Hindi is not a religion, it's a language. You're referring to Hinduism, a follower of which would be a hindu.
2. Any non-Abrahamic religion, which is anything that isn't Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, is a pagan religion. Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, Shintoism, etc. would all be pagan.
3. You're still right. A Buddhist or Hindu would digg him down, but so would a non-pagan.
Don't bring religious intolerance and elitism into digg please. =P - JoeBaynham, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Theres always something wrong with something, nothing can be good thats how the winers and moaners of the world think and they won't ever stop.
- GeneralKickass, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2"..and has no effect on human."
Not that I'm doubting the usefulness of wireless technologies, but dude that's what the ***** article is about. Even if it is a little harmful, I'm willing to live with it. The pros outweigh the cons at least for me. - trer, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Why all the worry? Sure the humans who are alive now may suffer the immediate ill effects (if they are true), but our bodies will evolve with our environment and all this stuff won't even phase us in a couple generations. That's just the way it is.
"I'm just saying...Life finds a way..."
- Dr. Ian Malcolm, Chaotician - Four20, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2@justin
The missing bees are is because of a fungus in the hives - roamzero, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2The paranoid side of me is wondering whether this "wifi is dangerous" mantra is a ploy being pushed by the cell-phone companies. VOIP and municipal wifi/wimax are probably the biggest long-term threat to their business model...
- danarama, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I garuntee you wifi won't cause a damn thing because it makes too much money. know what I mean?
- afruff23, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Seems you're right. Microwaves operate in 1 GHz- 300 GHz, making wifi part of it. But the transmitting power (eg., wattage) is very low compared to conventional microwaves (from 500 watts and up)
EDIT: ramble beat me to it (wifi is low power). - niznik, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Reporters aren't scientists, but the scientists they interviewed are... erm, well scientists. This may not be the most pressing health issue in modern times in the large picture, but I for one am glad that there are all these people who worry about these pesky things. I find it truly disturbing that we live in times where almost by economic necessity, many scientists are sponsored by the very people they could bring down with their findings, or at least have gone from industry into the public sector and then back into industry. Science with a conflict of interests is questionable science.
- explnx, on 04/27/2009, -0/+1"""If they can investigate WiFi because of health concerns they can use the same research against mobile phones which have huge corporate and Governmental interest. 2.4GHz... ever noticed how your hand gets warm next to your wireless antenna?"""
Have you ever heard of thermodynamics? - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2The only remotely harmful affect of RF is heat absorption in to your body. The amount of heat is minuscule though and is already regulated by the FCC (and other country regulators). The limits allowed before it's considered dangerous are very generous and have a huge margin built in. Additionally, even a small separation distance from the antenna (like 5-10mm) can greatly reduce this affect.
- Yage2006, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I'm not sure either way but one main point of that docu was that the government judges its danger by thermal witch is very misleading.
- madcat87, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1bbtrev,"Radioactivity" is no form of radiation.Visible light,UV and IR can`t even penetrate your skin.Microwaves have far deeper penetration and are more energetic than radio waves.
- CandidCanon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It's not ionizing radiation. No long term effects unless chronically exposed to extremely high levels. Do you feel warm? No? You're fine.
- themacx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1so none of you actually seen the BBC program... well it shows wifi is doing something.
- Segitz, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4WiFi uses the 2.4 and 5Ghz frequencies...
So not, not long waves... -
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