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Wifi Worries.

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Jill9999 · 17/05/2014 15:37

Hi guys,

Just wanted some feedback/feelings from other ladies in a similar position, I've got a one year old boy and am becoming increasingly concerned about wifi around him and my iphone, I have some friends with older children who have got their own tablets and are hooked up to the house wifi all the time, but some things that my husbands friends have been hinting at recently have really worried me (one of them works in the wireless industry) so I started googling and found this study and web page:

generationzapped.com/trailer/

stopsmartmeters.org.uk/9th-grade-student-cress-wifi-experiment-attracts-international-attention/

My husbands friend used the tobacco industry as an analogy, apparently smoking used to been seen as healthy, doctors recommending it to people!!! Fact! It was a huge industry making billions (much bigger than it is now) the manufacturers suppressed studies that showed it was bad for health for ages until they couldn't hide it anymore but by then the health of many had been ruined beyond repair.

Wireless is a new technology, the industry makes trillions and apparently studies into the bad effects are being kept quiet, I love my iphone, would have it surgically implanted into my right hand if I could, but I waited so long for Charlie I just don't want to take any risks with him, am I being paranoid or healthily cautious? (first post so be kind Smile)

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LoonvanBoon · 03/12/2014 16:49

Yes, I think it works by magic. I can't be arsed to read your link as I read the thread (& many very knowledgeable posts & links) first time round. As a result wifi comes very low down on my list of worries.

Just wondering, though, why it's only mothers who owe it to their children to do research into health & safety issues?

Anyway - this is AIBU. So YABU to revive a 6 month old thread that's already discussed an issue pretty thoroughly. And YABU to have sexist preconceptions about parenting.

marryj · 03/12/2014 16:53

I put mine on a timer switch to turn off between 12-6. It does worry me, but sadly the world is very polluted and there are much worse things out there.

Jill9999 · 05/02/2015 21:05

Nice article, those French wackos hey...

the-digital-reader.com/2015/02/03/france-bans-wifi-nursery-schools/

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