Unfortunately, it seems that it also depend on the people next to the transmitters. In my own case i've never had any problem with RF radiations in the years i've been using cell phones, WLAN devices, cordless phones, etc. But i know a few cases in which some friends seems to be too sensitive to this signals. I don't know why but when they get close to an Access Point or for example those X10 wireless cameras, the begin to get headaches. When the cameras or the AP is turned off their headache begins to fade. While this is just a minority (most of the people i know haven't had any problems like this) this would mean that evidently there are some people out there which can't handle very well RF radiations.When your friends get these headaches, do they know that there is a transmitter nearby before they feel symptoms?
Personally i can't live without my wireless devices. I "need" my laptop, an internet link and my cellphone. I'm a "tech-guy". But we can't forget that people living most of their life in rural areas, away from all tech gadgets, have longer lifes and tend to be stronger against all diseases. Yes, they eat natural food and not biotech-improved food. But they also are away from many (not all) RF radiations. It's a god thing to keep in mind.I'd really _really_ like to see epidemilogical studies showing greater average lifespan in non-technological areas. People in ancient Rome had no biotech or RF, yet managed to have an average lifespan of something like 20-25 years at the height of the empire. Japanase, who have quite a bit of RF flying around the home islands, have something like 80+ year average lifespans. Americans are somewhere around mid-seventies.
Heck, lifespans have doubled in the past 250-300 years. Thanks to biotech and "agribusiness" Americans are paying the least percentage of their income _ever_ for food. If I recall correctly it is now down to something less than 7% of income... and it is damn nice to go to the market and be able to get fruit in the middle of winter.
Oleg
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