It would be very helpful to have a visible comparison for proposed acceptable levels of exposure compared to maximum FCC regulations, and then compared to average transmit power for your environment.
Something similar to showing a high wattage bulb then lowering the power to the ratio of FCC max transmit and finally showing the average power in the environment. * Use a 1000 watt bulb at the starting point for 4W/kg that is done for lab testing. This would be the example of the tested level for long term exposure * Drop the bulb to 50 watt and state that is the level for FCC max * Drop the bulb to say 20 watt and state that is the level for your computer and most access points I think what scares most people is they can't see it, they have no idea just how low the output is. They just hear 'same frequency as your microwave' and think we are putting open microwave ovens above their heads. Of course, if they are reasonable people just point them to the IEEE document http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=01626482 Section 7. From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee H Badman Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 12:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] time for the annual "wifi will kill us" response Every WLAN vendor has their own white paper on this, but they all say the same thing. I also sat through a course not so long ago that laid waste to the notion of dangerous Wi-Fi. https://www.acgih.org/resources/press/emr-webinar_pr.htm<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=https://www.acgih.org/resources/press/emr-webinar_pr.htm&k=yYSsEqip9%2FcIjLHUhVwIqA%3D%3D%0A&r=eHsexY0U6WY24UhDK4eLQbvXOPzMySRoCq87DX3WV5M%3D%0A&m=4r9w7wKdahNziZwJLtDxFxNrC69%2FIToHAXgYUHoc8Qw%3D%0A&s=e821de01f9e5bd32cda9df874a19866e909e1d6dc89f325519aad76c80bf8d4f> is excellent, and puts the topic to bed. -Lee Badman From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gogan, James P Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 1:48 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] time for the annual "wifi will kill us" response Well, it's that time of year again, wherein we get the following contact from one faculty member or staff member (out of tens of thousands of students, faculty and staff): " I am an adjunct faculty member and I would like to have a meeting with someone that is charge of the WiFi system on the UNC-CH campus. I believe that there is a significant health risk to all students and faculty around this type of radiation. I would like the opportunity to bring solid research and professionals before you to present the materials. This cannot be ignored. The liability is too great to all of the students and faculty." And just like folks that come up with "scientific studies" that there's no climate change and the Earth is 7,000 years old, of course he has research links to back his claims. Before I go digging out what studies and replies we've used in past years when this has come up, I was wondering (a) how many of you also have to deal with this and (b) has there been anything more recent in terms of research we can point to than what I dug up years ago? Thanks in advance -- Jim Gogan / ITS Comm Tech Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.educause.edu/groups/&k=yYSsEqip9%2FcIjLHUhVwIqA%3D%3D%0A&r=eHsexY0U6WY24UhDK4eLQbvXOPzMySRoCq87DX3WV5M%3D%0A&m=4r9w7wKdahNziZwJLtDxFxNrC69%2FIToHAXgYUHoc8Qw%3D%0A&s=5f406a3598181d25a2dc054cfb82e6a4b788ca81e97c1cd18fc2e7ec8dc30115>. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
