Comments on: Wi-fi health risks: Yes or No?

By: Andrew Pelt

Andrew Pelt — Thu, 13 May 2010 05:51:19 +0000

EMF & Cell Radiation Is Damaging Your Brain and Skin.

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By: sushi

sushi — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:07:55 +0000

I think we should concentrate more in local democracy in this issue. WiFi might no problem to health but what is the consultation process that we go though? People should have a say in this issue. Lim Guan Eng said this is a good project no need consultation session, so do 2nd bridge that “help” to reduce jam. What so call good and bad project, from who point of view? Why this company and not other? What is in the contract? We are taking a backward step in this issue by not asking all the details.
Next time when he have another project, so called good project do we want to get involve or just let him decide everything for us? PR government can be another BN government if we not monitoring them all the time and we need to make sure people have a say. We finally reject BN after so long but slowly we let PR government to build up in BN spirit. BN people only try to listen to people in GE, we need to work with PR government to build better consultation and we look forward to restore local election. If PR government is sincerely wanted to restore local election, they should understand the important of consultation process.

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By: Sorry state

Sorry state — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:07:19 +0000

So better all of the NGOs go suck eggs…why? If you think it’s going to affect penangnites..why aren’t you all making any news about this

http://mis-asia.com/news/articles/malaysian-university-rolls-out-new-wireless-wan

Come on lar…..get your facts right. You are just beating round the bushes…..I think it’s time for Cap AND CONCERNED CITIZEN TO BANGUN and check the facts. ………..:)

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By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:23:45 +0000

Study has shown the exposure to mobile phone radiation for 20min equals to the 1year of wifi.

To those overly paranoid people who are so afraid of wifi, let me propose this….

Stop using your cell phone for 20min today, and you get to use wifi for FREE for 1 year, without any incremental health impact. Repeat the same thing every year, and you get FREE wifi for a Lifetime. Of course, this applies to Penang only:-) What a great deal!!! We’re paying about RM80-100/mth to TMNet Streamyx, so you do the math. And you can keep blogging away in forums like this for free!!

So please be practical. Like it or not, even if the radiation threat is real, wifi is not the one to go after. You’ll have to throw away the mobile phones, your microwave ovens, your TVs, FM radio etc etc first.

Meanwhile, great job CM Lim GE!! Please keep up the good work in Penang.

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By: Wifi headache in Penang - Jeff Ooi answers « * SUSAN LOONE’s blog *

Wifi headache in Penang - Jeff Ooi answers « * SUSAN LOONE’s blog * — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 06:56:59 +0000

[...] of the concerns have also been reported by Anil Netto in his blog “Wifi health risk: Yes or No?”, “Wifi health risks” and “More concern about Wifi [...]

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By: Gen-O

Gen-O — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:23:52 +0000

Common lah. Why so kiasi?
Penang is giving FREE wi-fi so that I can cancel off my streamyx. Our CM is actually trying to get these AMNO **** out of business and you are talking about kiasi! Are you still supporting the Barisan?
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By: Passer by

Passer by — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:14:52 +0000

I think many commenters mistook the WI-FI signal from their home base station as the issue of contention here. This signal is very weak and cannot go very far. With line of sight at most 100m. What people are really concern with is the transmitting station that could boost the signal to 5 Km. The transponder station generates a lot of radiation. This is the same with handphone station. I think many commenters are talking pass each other.

I won’t be surprise that diseases such as headache, high blood pressure, cancer, neurological diseases etc. are much higher around such stations.

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By: kittykat46

kittykat46 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:45:21 +0000

All high-frequency electromagnetic radiation is POTENTIALLY hazardous to your health. That’s the truth, but doesn’t help you to assess the risks.

The potential risk to children, especially, from mobile phone radiation is because – just think about it – you are regularly holding a radio transmitter right next to your brain. Some people talk for hours on a mobile phone. The skull only manages to reduce the strength of the radiation slightly. Children have thinner skulls and smaller brains, so the risk is greater.

Television sets emit potentially harmful magnetic and electromagnetic radiation. But most people watch TV from between 8 to 15 feet from the set – and no evidence has arisen in over 60 years of TV usage that the radiation shortens your life or damages your health in any significant way. Watching TV excessively probably does shorten your life, but that’s a totally different health problem.

Back to Wi-Fi. The signal would be very widespread but of a relatively low strength. Your notebook would be transmitting/ receiving signals, but its not like you normally hold your notebook right next to your brain or body for hours.

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By: wira

wira — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:12:31 +0000

The radiation level of wi-fi is insignificant because the area of coverage is less than 100 meters. In a walled area, you cannot even get beyond 3~4 layers of walls.

Our CRT monitor (where the electron beam constantly strikes a phosphorus surface)radiates more harmful rays than a wifi antenna.

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By: Joc_Penang

Joc_Penang — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:08:09 +0000

My opinion technically, micro wave transmission is a Harzard, just like microwave oven able to cook a chicken at high power.

Well transmission for mobile communication between Hphone or notebooks to the nearest Base Station(transceiver-Transmit & Receive) very low power that’s is why the Mobile companies have to put up alot of Base station bcos the signal is week & low power. The problem is the Base Stations linked to the main centres(Mobile Switching centre) are carried via Micro wave or optical fibre cable(OFC). If they carried thru OFC than no issue of micro wave radiation.

The problem is some telcos do not own OFC network, so they may have to lease from other Telcos which might cost huge RM, so they may opt for micro wave as their carrier, where the Transceivers could be installed on top of residential/commercial buildings close to people.

Penang State intention of putting WiFi is Good but authorities got to play their role in implementation by not compromising Health.

If specs are stictly follow & authorities play their role than I see no issue.

My suggestion, the carrier from Base Station to their switching centres should be Fiber Optic Cable(OFC) not microwave.
If they don’t have OFC Network, than subscribe/leased from other Telcos.

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