I thought it was global warming. All kidding aside, it goes back to this: Even if true, what do they want to do about it?
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 8:36 AM, St. Louis Broadband <[email protected]>wrote: > Wi-Fi is killing trees, study finds > Enjoying reading the latest technology news and reviews here on Crave? Hope > you're pleased with yourself, because you're killing a tree. Dutch > researchers have discovered the sad news that Wi-Fi makes trees sick. > The tree-loving folks of Dutch city Alphen aan den Rijn commissioned the > study after finding abnormalities on trees that couldn't be explained by > known viral or bacterial infections. Over the last five years, the study > found that all deciduous trees in the western world are affected by > radiation from mobile-phone <http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/mobile-phones/> > networks and wireless LANs. > > Over 70 per cent of trees in urban areas in the Netherlands are afflicted > by > Wi-Fi sickness, displaying significant variations in growth, and bleeding > and fissures in their bark. That's compared with just 10 per cent showing > symptoms five years ago. Meanwhile, trees in wooded areas remain happy and > healthy, untroubled by wireless unwellness. > > We've been debating the health issues raised by Wi-Fi since Crave was > knee-high to a router, examining contradictory findings > < > http://crave.cnet.co.uk/accessories/crave-talk-is-wi-fi-the-21st-century-pl > ague-49290554/> way back in 2007. Since then, there hasn't been any > conclusive proof whether Wi-Fi is harmful to humans or not. > The Health Protection Agency > < > http://www.hpa.org.uk/Topics/Radiation/UnderstandingRadiation/Understanding > RadiationTopics/ElectromagneticFields/WiFi/> states that "there is no > consistent evidence to date that exposure to radio signals from Wi-Fi and > WLANs adversely affects the health of the general population". A small > number of people suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity -- the > symptoms of which include headaches and nausea -- but there's some debate > about the degree to which those symptoms are actually caused by > electromagnetic fields. > > Generally speaking, our exposure to radio signals from Wi-Fi is well below > government safety levels, and much lower than from mobile phones, in part > because you don't walk around with a router clamped to your ear. You'd have > to live in a Wi-Fi hotspot for a year to absorb the same amount of radio > waves as you would from a 20-minute phone call, and there's no concrete > evidence that mobile phones are bad for you either. If you're worried, just > make yourself a hat out of tin foil. > We like trees an' all, but they're no Internet. There's only one thing for > it: we'll just have to launch all the forests into space > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TckJBvl_uT0> . Right, time to make like a > tree and leave. > > > Read more: > > http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/wi-fi-is-killing-trees-study-finds-50001681/ > #ixzz173UMdYiX > < > http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/wi-fi-is-killing-trees-study-finds-50001681 > /> > > I think their comparison to mobile is bunk. > I always have my router clamed to my ear when I am using Wi-Fi ... > > > Victoria Proffer - President/CEO > StLouisBroadband.com <http://stlbroadband.com/> > ShowMeBroadband.com <http://showmebroadband.com/> > 314.974.5600 * Fax 573.747.4756 > Follow us on Twitter.com @stlbroadband > St. Louis WISP since 2003 > SBA Certified WOSB > <http://stlbroadband.com/> > WISPA Board of Directors 2010 - 2011 > WISPA - Missouri State Coordinator > <http://wispa.org/> > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and > may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended > recipient, > be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of this e-mail > or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, > please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and deleting or > destroying the e-mail and any attachments without retaining any copies. > Thank you for your cooperation. > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- -RickG
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