UHF doesn't provide any radiation, you don't see the antennas on a daily basis (unless you're looking).
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Jonathan Schmidt <jeschm...@jeschmidt.com> wrote: > What about the trees in the forests around 100KW UHF TV towers? Wouldn't > somebody have noticed, by now, that all the trees in a 10 mile radius had > died a few years into the '70s when the put them up? > > Jonathan Schmidt > W8BZB > ________________________________ > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of RickG > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 10:40 AM > To: li...@stlbroadband.com; WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Ductch Claim that Wi-Fi is killin Trees > > 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 <li...@stlbroadband.com> > 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. 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