Oops. I didn't see this article at Reuters, I saw it at www.boingboing.net :)
http://boingboing.net/2003_10_01_archive.html#106547544443257797 Which got it from here: http://wifinetnews.com/archives/002303.html Which apparantly got it from this: http://wifinetnews.com/archives/illinoislawsuit.pdf/illinoislawsuit.pdf -Mike -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Outmesguine [hiptop] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 10:07 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SOCALWUG] Parents sue school over WLAN's health effects on children This was in the news. I saw an article on Reuters. Perform a Google news lookup and it should come up. Or try reuters.com. But David makes a good point. In order to educate our fellow listmembers, please add relevant URLs or references to news items you post. It makes it easier for people to say they are full of crap. -Mike Blood-brain barrier integrity down to 15%. On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 6:33AM -0800, David Colee wrote: > Since much of this looks like a news article, how about a better set of > references than "I reliable source forwarded this to me:", please? I'm > sure that such a suit will hold more than a passing interest with many > of us. > > Thanx, > David > >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/08/03 08:51PM >>> > I reliable source forwarded this to me: > > "Parents in Oak Park, Illinois, have launched a class action lawsuit > against > the local school board for threatening the health of children by > installing > WLAN technology in classrooms. The lawsuit alleges that Oak Park > Elementary > School District 97 has "ignored the substantial body of evidence that > high > frequency electro-magnetic radiation poses substantial and serious > health > risks, particularly to growing children." It accuses school authorities > of > failing to "adequately examine and assess the potential health risks > that > wireless LANs pose to humans, particularly children who are still > growing." > The suit argues that "there is a substantial and growing body of > scientific > literature studying and outlining the serious health risks that > exposure to > low intensity, but high radio frequency (RF) radiation poses to human > beings, particularly children...[and that] prolonged exposure to low > intensity RF radiation can break down DNA strands, cause chromosome > aberrations and break down the blood-brain barrier, thereby permitting > toxic > proteins to invade the brain." For more than two years now I have > argued > that health concerns are a future sleeper issue which would come to the > fore > as WLANs become more pervasive. It appears that the future is here." > > Cheers, > Geoff Shively, CTO > PivX Solutions, LLC > > Are You Secure? > http://www.pivx.com
