I don't think your baby is likely to have ill effects, but that definitely wouldn't be a good enough for me answer if it were my baby (or even my pregnant wife, for that matter). There is definitely "alarmist", "paranoid" misinformation on the web about RF exposure, but I don't think that there is solid scientific foundation for belief in its safety. If you do some searching on google you will find some scientific articles that say cell phone usage is not known to be safe. Since it isn't known to be dangerous, we do it, but I wouldn't expose my kids to it.
802.11 is different from cell phones and from magnetic fields most significantly in that it uses the same frequency as microwave ovens. This is the absorption frequency of water, which is why microwave ovens work, and why 802.11 devices could presumably have more of an effect (for a given amount of power and time of exposure) than cell phones and magnets. (By directly heating your body's cells.) If a doctor tells a pregnant woman not to stand right in front of the microwave oven for long periods (I don't know if they give that advice or not), then I'd tell her not to stand too close to WiFi or Bluetooth devices either. You can probably find more good research on microwave oven exposure than on cell phone exposure, in terms of power and time, and for specific groups like children and pregnant women. You can calculate the exposure to your baby based on transmit power and distance and compare it to recommended safe levels. 802.11a (at 5GHz) and 900 MHz phones might be safer, if you determine the 2.4GHz devices to be unsafe. John Byrnes > Folks, > > We've got a baby on the way. Having wireless in our > house would really help out as I'll be able to do my > work anywhere (plus one of those 802.11 cameras would > be great). > > Question = Is there any concern having an Access Point > in the house so close to a very young child? Does > anyone worry about all of the wireless signals > affecting a newborn? > > Sorry if these are 'dumb' questions, but I'm sure I'm > not the only one. > > Thanks for any feedback. > > -joe (Outer Sunset, SF) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
