Tsk, tsk. Ok. I congratulate you and all those which have been blaming the people which feel headaches when there near some RF transmitters. You, like me and like most of the people, have a normal body, normal contexture and normal natural protection against RF radiations. I'm not medic but i believe most of the people have that kind of protection. It's the "natural" way of things.
But, i've learned in life that there are people which have different bodies. They are sensitive to things many people doesn't. They tend to be a minority, in some cases very small. But they exists. And i don't expect a professional to believe that because someone has been next to antennas and transmitters their whole life and nthing has ever happened to them (good for them) it will not happen to anybody else. By the way, i'm concerned about feeling so much anger and hate about this subject in this forum. I live in Colombia and here we don't have the very well developed legal system. here, you can't sue a store because they sold food without warning you that you'll get fat. I know it's different over there and it may be dissapointing and frustating for many people to have to shutdown your AP just because some people just "fearing" a "possible damage" with RF radiations is sueing schools and could set a precedent here. But, my opinion, is that a professional must be qualified and prepared to listen to everybody's opinions even though they are different than ours. I can't prove that my friends really fells headaches when they're near a transmitter. I can only be sure that here in Colombia we have absolutely nothing against RF radiations. We're the administrators for the largest government-owned data carrier (both PSTN and data carrier) provider in the city and we've been working with all kind of machines which generates all kind of RF radiations too. Well i must admit we don't work next to big sized antennas but we work in rural wireless telephony too (it's the law here) as well as satellite links. We have very much interest in becoming the largest WISP in this city (we would be the only and the first in the country). We would be very affected if there were "health issues" with deployment of WLANs. Whatever happens in USA will happen here as the FCC rules ten to be applied here too (local regulations). Let's just cool down this. Eco-terrorists ? screwed up in the head ? let's hear everybody's opinions and we'll have a nice talk. On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'd say "Prove it"...and then sue each individual parent for their > > > life savings for effect. > > > Theres too much of this "junk science" being propagated by the > > > eco-terrorist community, we need to crush them where they stand if > > > they try this crap. > > > Make them prove it, make them conduct the multi-year, multi-million > > > dollar research before we give a shard of credence to their claims. > > > I'm all too tired of this crap...these luddites must be squashed > > > where they stand... > > Yes - the eco terrorists are going overboard. Cell towers that look > like pine trees to "blend in" with the community. The reality is that > no true scientist has ever _proven_ a link -- there *IS* some evidence > that shows a very small tendency towards their beliefs, but if you > look hard enough you can find evidence to support just about any > wild belief. OJ did! > > I think the people with headaches are either 1 - screwed up in the head > (and not by the RF signal) or 2 - just lying to suck some money out of > an easy target. Look at the mcdonalds coffee spill suit. Someone should > hand them the "super extra power mega long range cordless" and see if > they suddenly get a headache. Then show them it's a child's toy - completely > inert. I'll bet the headache goes away real fast. > > I've sat inside anechoic chambers while immunity tests were underway > without fear, and made the jump onto transmitting structures (the voltage > on the structure is so high you must literally jump from the ground side > to the antenna side which is insulated from ground so as not to, ahem, > form a path to ground) - Been doing it for half my life now and never > had any headaches or cancer. My cumulative exposure must be huge. > I had a gamma camera whole body scan for tumors just a year ago - nothing. > Of course, the 99-meta-Tc would probably scare these people too, so they > probably haven't been tested for any tumor presence in their body. > > Worst thing that ever happened to me was a sunburn from a radar xmitter, > and it went away just like a sunburn would. That was a multi-kilowatt > device - we're talking miliwatts - a factor of one MILLION less - let's > get real here. Sure, I've read stories about state troopers who left > their radar gun on in their crotch and later in life developed testicular > cancer - but TC in men is like breast cancer in women - it happens - it > may not be in any way related to the radar gun the trooper used. The > sample size (1 or 2 people) is just too small to form any statistically > valid scientific conclusions. Unless we get 100 state troopers and randomly > take 50 of them with radar guns in their crotch and 50 with laser (non-radar) > guns in their crotch all day long, we can't prove it's the microwave signal > causing long term problems. If 49 of the 50 radar users developed TC and > only 1 of the laser users developed TC - then you'd have some real proof. > No fair mixing women state troopers into the study either. > > I have to agree - let the eco-nazis put THEIR money where their mouth > is and PROVE it to a jury of 12 reasonable citizens with scientific > evidence. There just isn't enough truth to do that. Who knows - > someday there may be - but not now.. Ever since RF came along we've > been living longer. RF enhances the quality of my life. > > Everett > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
