Dangers of Wireless ?

[Halcyon]

Does anyone know if there are any dangers with radio waves if you use a wirelesss router ?
As I would have mine just underneath me where I sit and I wondered if it causes any health risks.

Can you get anything in the longterm ?


Anyone know ?

Thankyou.

[Ramrod]

That all depends how far down the crank end of the science spectrum you want to go.http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/...1013ecom1.html

[zovat]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Does anyone know if there are any dangers with radio waves if you use a wirelesss router ?
As I would have mine just underneath me where I sit and I wondered if it causes any health risks.

Can you get anything in the longterm ?


Anyone know ?

Thankyou.

The best answer I can give is : At this time, the industry in general is unaware of any long term effect that may be caused by the proximity of a wireless networking device...

Personally I have seen no effect amongst myself or the myriad of friends/colleagues who use wireless network equipment, and have done so for many years (well, a couple of years anyway)...

The radio waves are in the same band as microwaves and cordless phones, these have been around for many years and are still deemed to be safe..

This is not to say that someone, somewhere in this industry is not sitting on a survey that proves that long exposure to these things makes you sterile/mad/stupid/<insert symptom here>. Just that the industry at large is not aware of any such effect.. (covers his arse just in case ;-) )

[Halcyon]

Thankyou for the info there.
I went round the web and spent a good while reading things up and it seems like with Mobile phones, the information is not definately prooven correct as yet. There is no strong evidence.

However, In this day where most people think about nothing but money, I am sure there are companies that get away with marketing goods that are clearly bad for our health, all for them to make a proffit.

Lets say for example that they found out tommorow that Mobile phones definately caused Cancer. Surely this story would be tweaked and changed to avoid all the massive mobile industries going bust ?!

When I get my wireless router it will be sitting right beneath me as one pc is wired whilst others are wireless which means all the radiation is going to rise towards me and cook me / give me diseases / and turn my skin bright yellow like Homer Simpson.

Its a mystery but one that would be really nice to have a definate answer.
I guess time will be the only way of finding out.

[Shaun]

Details of the frequency's that different equipment operate on is in this thread: http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/sh...wave+frequency

But from what I understand 2.8Ghz is used in microwave ovens because it has a peculiar effect on the bonds between hydrogen and oxygen atoms, in effect it makes them stretch and contract and ultimately heat your cuppa. The info I have says that this is specific to this frequency so your WAP/router shouldn't cook you

Although thinking about it your wireless network operates at 2.4Ghz, which is closer to that magic pasty cooking frequency than DECT or the upper mobile networks!! I'm sure someone somewhere is doing some research into it

[SMHarman]

Also have a look at the signal strength. Current wireless devices are designed with a 100m open air radius, compare this to the 2-5 miles of a cell phone tower.