Wireless Electrical and Electromagnetic Pollution News
19 October 2010
Ont. school cuts Wi-Fi, cites health concerns
Mon Oct. 18 2010 9:26:36 AM
CTV.ca News Staff
A Meaford, Ont. public school is the first in the nation to shut down wireless Internet in classrooms amidst a growing debate over the effects of wireless emissions on children.
Parents of students at St. Vincent Euphrasia elementary school voted "overwhelmingly" to cut off the Wi-Fi, according to a statement released by the school's parent council Monday.
"Parents voted to protect their children's health and plug the computers back in with hardwires," council member Andrew Couper said in the statement.
Wi-Fi "is something every school council across Canada should be questioning," Couper said.
St. Vincent Euphrasia is one of a handful of schools to look into a Wi-Fi ban in recent months over fears it's making students sick.
A group of Ontario parents dubbed the Simcoe County Safe School Committee believes Wi-Fi transmitters in schools may be responsible for a host of symptoms their kids show -- from headaches to an inability to concentrate -- all of which disappear on weekends.
They first spoke out against school Wi-Fi this summer, prompting government officials to weigh the effects of wireless technology on children.
Ontario Education Minister Leona Dombrowsky said in August the matter is in Ottawa's hands.
Meanwhile, Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's chief medical officer of health, said that Wi-Fi poses no threat to children in schools.
King said it's understandable that people are confused by the debate over the safety of Wi-Fi transmitters in schools, given the sometimes conflicting evidence.
However, King said people need to look at the weight of the literature on the topic, especially from authorities like the World Health Organization, which says exposure to Wi-Fi is safe.
Health Canada says there is "no convincing scientific evidence" that Wi-Fi in schools is dangerous to children.
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WiFi in Meaford
Here is a CBC Link to piece about parents voting out WiFi in Meaford. It looks like telecom has hired extra people today because within minutes of the pieces being published, a half dozen aggressive emails are sent to the comment line...
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/10/18/wi-fi-schools.html
Patricia
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BERLIN (Reuters) – A German entrepreneur is bypassing a European Union ban on light bulbs of more than 60 watts by marketing his own brand as mini heaters.
Siegfried Rotthaeuser and his brother-in-law have come up with a legal way of importing and distributing 75 and 100 watt light bulbs -- by producing them in China, importing them as "small heating devices" and selling them as "heatballs."
To improve energy efficiency, the EU has banned the sale of bulbs of over 60 watts -- to the annoyance of the mechanical engineer from the western city of Essen.
Rotthaeuser studied EU legislation and realized that because the inefficient old bulbs produce more warmth than light -- he calculated heat makes up 95 percent of their output, and light just 5 percent -- they could be sold legally as heaters.
On their website (http://heatball.de/), the two engineers describe the heatballs as "action art" and as "resistance against legislation which is implemented without recourse to democratic and parliamentary processes."
Costing 1.69 euros each ($2.38), the heatballs are going down well -- the first batch of 4,000 sold out in three days.
Rotthaeuser has pledged to donate 30 cents of every heatball sold to saving the rainforest, which the 49-year-old sees as a better way of protecting the environment than investing in energy-saving lamps, which contain toxic mercury.
(Reporting by Michelle Martin; Editing by Steve Addison)
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