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The council of Europe is not as official as it sounds. It is not part of the European Union functions.
There was a very good program on BBC the other day that covers it in a friendly format. BBC iPlayer - Bang Goes the Theory: Series 6: Episode 5
That report is a ridiculous pile of FUD. Less testing was done on poly-unsaturated fat than has been done on wifi, yet that is legal and in *everything*.
A precautionary approach is fine, but practicality dictates that sometimes we have to 'risk' things. There's a chance that letting kids use hacksaws in DT can lead to them cutting their hands off, but we let them do it. There's a chance, however slim, that wifi can cause cancer, but we should continue to use it as the benefits outweigh the risk.
Children are killed in car accidents every day, yet we don't go around banning cars.
I particularly like the fact that the evil wireless looks like a linksys wap54g, which is indeed evil, but not for the reasons in the cartoon.Quote:
Originally Posted by pete
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Originally Posted by localzuk
It's for the same reason as smoking not being banned.
Taxes.
Plus banning cars would pretty much cripple the country. Public transport's pretty much stretched to its limit at the moment as it is - not to mention pricey.Quote:
Originally Posted by X-13
Ah, but public transport wouldn't be so costly if everyone had to use it...Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesb
I've always said "Ban cars [including buses]. Force companies to develop things not reliant on fossil fuels."Quote:
Originally Posted by jamesb
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Originally Posted by localzuk
http://memedepot.com/uploads/500/799_Fouad.jpg
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
is funny 'cos you think the government aren't greedy.
You mean if they had an absolute monopoly rather than only a partial one, they wouldn't raise prices?Quote:
Originally Posted by localzuk
Getting a bit off topic now guys ;)
The Isle of Man has a monopoly, and it is cost effective and efficient there... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by jamesb
Nah, that's just your imagination - public transport often has wifi onboard now...Quote:
Originally Posted by chackett
You will more than likely find more of the parents that not have wireless at home and dont even realise its wireless they have at home.
True enough. Also DECT phones, which do not have the power adaptive technology of mobile phones.Quote:
Originally Posted by MatthewL
Of course, measuring the "power" of wireless devices (wifi, phone masts, laptops, phones) is meaningless unless you include the distance at which they're measured, and the distance at which you normally find yourself from these devices. The inverse square law applies to radio waves, meaning that a low power device (mobile phone for instance) held to your head causes an order of magnitude more absorption than a much more powerful phone mast a quarter of a mile away.
I would wager that those "concerned" mentioned by the OP own and use mobiles.
Wikipedia is normally reliable for non-contentious issues, but as always take what you read with a pinch of (low sodium) salt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireles...h#Wireless_LAN
I like to point out that as well as DECT phones, many baby monitors work on the 2.4GHz spectrum, and no-one's banning baby monitors.
The problem is that as soon as people bash something like "wireless network radiation" into Google and see 4 million results, they assume the worst, even though the quality (and relevance) of those results is quite poor. As a counter to that, put in "wireless network perfectly safe" and you get 67 million results. Now, I'm not claiming that quantity of Google hits on a specific term means they are safe; on the contrary, it shows how meaningless such a selective search can be, but that's the sort of thing a lot of people base their opinion on.
I tend to say "basically, the information which is out there and trustworthy says that there is no causal link which can be established but that doesn't mean it is 100% safe, in the same manner that eating burnt toast might not be safe (ooohh ... PPKs are carcinogenic?)"
There are some guides about mobile phone usage with young children and that is related, to some extent, to the proximity of the device to developing cells ... going to speaker phone or things like Skype on a computer can be argued as a method of dealing with that.
