GSM Association Slams Euro Call For Ban On Wireless In School 271
jhernik writes "The ongoing debate over the supposed dangers posed by mobile phone usage and wireless signals has exploded once again. An influential European committee has called for a ban on mobile phones and Wi-Fi networks in schools – the GSM Association has denounced the report as an 'unbalanced political assessment, not a scientific report.' The report made its recommendation to reduce mobile and wireless use in schools, despite admitting that there is a lack of clear scientific and clinical proof. However, it said the lack of proof was reason enough to restrict use, just in case, comparing mobile phone radiation to other things whose dangers were once unknown, such as asbestos, leaded petrol and tobacco."
Re:Nice (Score:2, Funny)
Yep. Turn off your lights and stop staring at your computer screen. Don't go outside. Radiation is radiation. It's not like there's any difference between alpha, beta, gamma, microwave, and visible. Kind of like the no difference between liquid nitrogen and gaseous nitrogen. Both completely lethal/safe if inhaled.
Re:Does Anyone Know How This Works? (Score:5, Funny)
Will someone PLEASE think of the children????
It's gotten so bad by this point that children are emitters of infrared radiation.
A different kind of frequency (Score:4, Funny)
Cell phone radiation, being modulated on GHz frequencies, is too high in frequency to mess with brain signals
Sometimes the frequencies have to get even higher to get into the brain. Radiation from the display runs in the 400 to 800 THz band [wikipedia.org], but think of the effect that the phone's display has on its user's concentration.
Re:Nice (Score:4, Funny)
if i was a world renowned physicist..
... you would know what you're talking about.