Wireless Network - Health Safety Issues?

[Birdman]

I know this is probably a silly question, (so no flames pls) but I am about to (finally) put a wireless network into my house and I am concerned about whether there are any health issues with a wireless network and very young children. I suspect that there is so much going through the air these days anyways, (cel, etc.) that a wireless g connection does not add much but does anyone have any (helpful) comments or thoughts?
TIA

[manywhere]

To human knowledge, no there is no health issues with WiFi band at 2.4 gigahertz. Still, there is so little we know about the human body that it is hard to say. The hard thing is to prove that radio waves can be damaging to our health since we have been bombarded by electromagnetic waves since the years of the dinosaurs. :roll: And, then we do not even know how the waves from outer space have affected us. (I better stop before I start philosophizing on this topic :lol: )

I believe that you can safely use WiFi in your apartment with your children. Do keep them away from UV rays as UV rays pose much much much more risk to infants/children than WiFi. ;)

[manywhere]

I know this is probably a silly question....
And no, it isn't a silly question -- it is a sign of a healthy, critically thinking mind that we need more of today.

[Brad Adrian]

The best way to minimize exposure to any kind of radio waves is to distance the "important" parts of your body from the radio itself. For a mobile phone, that's easily done by using a hands-free set, which gets the radio device away from your head. With WiFi, unless you sleep with the access point on the pillow next to you, exposure is usually nil.

So, just make sure that your access point isn't sitting within a foot or two of a spot people might be spending a lot of time.

[Birdman]

By "access point", I assume you mean the wireless router unit which is connected to the cable modem. What I am currently thinking about is putting the cable modem and the wireless router in the den (where the kids usually do not spend a lot of time) and then getting a wireless PCI card for my old WIN98 computer in the family room, which is the computer the kids use.

[jasondearyou]

i think it has to have some effect in the long run, but who knows, mabe your children will be smarter, maybe they'll be like a mule.

:devilboy:

But at least you'll have a connection :lol:

[Darius Wey]

By "access point", I assume you mean the wireless router unit which is connected to the cable modem. What I am currently thinking about is putting the cable modem and the wireless router in the den (where the kids usually do not spend a lot of time) and then getting a wireless PCI card for my old WIN98 computer in the family room, which is the computer the kids use.

Yes, he does mean the whole router / modem package. It should be no problem. Whether Wi-Fi will cause some sort of mutation is debatable. It's much like the topic raised whenever people talk about mobile phones and brain tumours. I've used Wi-Fi for a long time and I haven't grown an extra limb since then.

The best way to minimize exposure to any kind of radio waves is to distance the "important" parts of your body from the radio itself.

It's funny you say that Brad. I know someone that decided to mod his car with UV lights. And he installed one of the lights in front of his legs just underneath the steering wheel. I told him to swiftly move it to another location, for the sake of the future generations... :lol:

[manywhere]

The best way to minimize exposure to any kind of radio waves is to distance the "important" parts of your body from the radio itself.

It's funny you say that Brad. I know someone that decided to mod his car with UV lights. And he installed one of the lights in front of his legs just underneath the steering wheel. I told him to swiftly move it to another location, for the sake of the future generations... :lol:
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