WiMax on the Brain: Is "WiFi on Steroids" Safe?

While we're on the topic, it might be valuable to remember that our cherished compact-fluorescent light bulbs emit no small amount of electro-magnetic radiation from the ballast.

My girlfriend is really concerned with all this stuff. I'm more in the "too occupied with life and real concerns" camp myself, but I will admit that we've seen similar sorts of concerns in the past that turned out to be justified.

sounds like how my mom said "don't sit too close to the tv or you will get radiation!".

Analog mobile phones (yes those old brick kind), put out much more microwave emissions than the current digital mobiles (more power required = more output), so if there was a causal link between their output and health risks, we would have seen it in society at large by now, since they were in wide use 10 years before the digital ones were, over 20 years total now. And those using the analog ones would have been the earliest adopters of the digital tech as time went on, so they'd be the most susceptible. Once we see Donald Trump et al with big lumps above their ears is when we will have some evidence, otherwise its not even a conversation....

If life were based on silicon instead of carbon, I'd be worried about RF emissions.

A Danish study followed tracked a large group of cellphone users for 10 years, alongside those that did not use cellphones. After 10 years of research, it was found that the cancer rate amoungst those that used cellphones were no greater than the national average.
I was looking to get an amatuer radio licence, and you have to learn about safety regarding RF hazards. Between 30-300mhz the human body more easily absorbs RF energy, and at high power it can cause burns. Above and below these frequencies, RF energy must be much higher to cause problems. Normal RF is often referred to as "Radiation" by many... perhaps a scaremongering tactic, I do not know. RF is a form of electromagnetic radiation, but it is far from the spectrum of ionizing radiation that we'd see from a nuclear reactor or other radioactive source.
People have been exposed to RF from the Sun, 60hz from the household wiring, 570khz-1600khz transmissions from AM radio; is there any research that shows the effects of these?
I do believe that WiFi and cellular output should be regulated... RF burns can happen at high wattage. I'd be more worried about going in an aircraft, where I'd get an actual dose of radiation. Blaming all sorts of technology for cancer only shifts perspective from where it needs to be; everything we dump into the environment and our food that's contributing to it!

Hey Dan,

not trying to have a discussion with you at all - but here's a nice link for you to investigate:

www.wave-guide.org

Have fun!!

There is a significant difference between the side-effects of the RF and health concerns. It is highly likely that if these devices were causing brain tumors that we would have some serious evidence by now. However, there are studies that prove that having a cell phone next to your bed does disturb your sleep patterns. So, while it might not be causing bodily harm, it is not completely benign.

Studies should continue on the subject, but I am relatively certain that they will be given a clean bill of health. I am more interested in what the real side-effects are, and suggestions to mitigate them.

Did you know there is a new cool and intimate new sushi place in Rome which offers high quality Japanese foods for eating or take-away, and offers great hand-made cakes and free wifi to all customers? http://naoko-sushi-roma.blogspot.com/

I have a suggestion. Try to unplug yourself from all your wonder technology for even 30 minutes. If you don't begin to regain some sensitivity in your body and mind you would deserve to be the subject of a research study. These devices, while cool and convenient actually numb us out! Not to mention they are highly addictive! If you take a break and gain back some clarity you have a chance to realize human beings are much more than what science tells us. Look for yourself...how does your body feel after you've been on the computer for hours on end, or your cell phone? How does your food taste when it's cooked or warmed in a microwave oven. Stop hot-wiring your brain for a little while and detox by grounding out all that excess current...take a walk in the woods and see how you begin to feel. Then let's talk about collateral damage from all these marvelous, UNREGULATED, UNPROVEN technologies and how they actually effect us, other beings, and our environment at large. There are many people who do not share your enthusiasm for seeing places like Taiwan become national WiMax test sites without the permission of the people who live there. Wake up, there is a bigger picture than just our small selves!

This is a very interesting post and it brings up the question of unpermissioned exposure, since once an area is blanketed, there is spillover into other spaces. For a spiritual and energetic (subtle energy) look at what is happening to the WIMAX'd person, I suggest taking a look at the EMF Protection blog here: http://emfprotection.wordpress.com/

I know that this stuff is causing radiation issues. I saw the picture about the phone but the problem is constant circumvention in order to pump out more. On the analog cellphones of the past, most couldn't really afford them and hardly used them but if digital phones use even 1/10 of what analog phones did, were using it all the time.

I agree about the drug thing, cell companies should have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that their devices can never cause any issues, not just in the brain but what about impotence. If that phone above was in one's pocket, they may suffer that issue instead, it doesn't just have to be about the brain.

If it isn't the phones, its the towers. Now Wimax pushes higher rates and even more exposure to microwave radiation.

Here is the harsh of it, they want to build these systems, they should be fully accountable. They should also be advised, if it is proven it can affect our health, they should have to take it down (whether it affects service or not).

The Danish study Kaj refers to was funded by the cell industry and specifically disallowed anyone who used a cell phone for business or other frequent users (It was also released just in time for holiday shopping). To qualify, you had to have used a cell phone once a week for 6 months - 26 times is all you needed to qualify for a long-term exposure candidate. In scientific circles, that study is considered completely flawed.

I love the convenience of my cell phone, but I've read the science and am concerned. Everyone I've met who isn't concerned hasn't read the research. It reminds me of the denial over global climate change.

In the US, last month there was a congressional hearing on the health risks of cell phones where several physicians and scientists presented alarming evidence.

Here are some links to comprehensive scientific studies on cell phone risks:
www.bioinitiative.org
http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/science/studies.asp

Biological effects of microwave/radiofrequency exposure: http://www.emrpolicy.org/faq/three.htm

Prenatal cell phone use tied to childhood behaviour problems: http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTON97595120080729

U of Penn Cancer Center chief advises staff to limit cell phone use: http://penncancer.org/penn_news.cfm

New York Times "Experts Revive Debate Over Cell Phones and Cancer." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/health/03well.html?_r=2&ei=5087&em=&en=0f2a33e6ddf25338&ex=1212638400&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1212780278-6EFfNS+4PJB3R9fF+C9RCg&oref=slogin

My dear fellows of the planet. You are dying, from excess Radio Frequency (RF) and Electro Magnetic Frequency (EMF) from extra low frequency emissions from such things.

You cells are being cooked so much from microwave emissions that your body is elctrosensitvity (ES) and all you medical diagnosis are foobed off with a "syndrome", such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Iritable Bowel Syndrome, and Burning Mouth Syndromes and many other mental disorders in children and autism increases.

Spent a long time in the military service and all my comrades in arms are dead from all forms of cancer from the throat up to the top of the head.

The increase in Acoustic Neuroma, which isn't cancerous are the most common.

Has something twigged that 20 years ago benign cysts were never around, then around the mid-1990s benign cysts became the thing. They appear everywhere in your body, particularly on the pancreas, kidneys, and livers.

Off course all of this is now put down to excessive drinking. But, do anyone really knows how cysts form?

There is an increase in bipolar, ADHD in children and many schools in America are removing Wi Fi from them.

You have only got to check the symptoms that most suffer from and the increase in such symtpoms since mobile phones came into being.

But, we all know that these symptoms are caused by the stressful life of the 21st Century and old age.

I talk to 20 year-olds and when I talk about the things I am suffering from and they say the same, particularly in regards to concentration and behavioural actions and forgetfulness, and short term memory, difficulty in problem-solving, and I am over fifty older than them.

My dear brothers and sisters of planet earth you re being killed by a "non-lethal weapon", and now it has been turned into a "lethal weapons".