Ontario Teachers' Union Calls For Health-Related Classroom Wi-Fi Ban 365
New submitter KJE writes "The CBC is reporting that an Ontario teachers' union is calling for an end to new Wi-Fi setups in the province's 1,400-plus Catholic schools. The Ontario English Catholic Teacher's Association (OECTA) says computers in all new schools should be hardwired instead of setting up wireless networks. The OECTA, in its paper (PDF), said the 'safety of this technology has not thoroughly been researched and therefore the precautionary principle and prudent avoidance of exposure should be practiced.'"
Call your union rep (Score:5, Funny)
On your cellphone
I'm Surprised (Score:5, Funny)
They didn't also require AC receptacle plug covers installed so electricity doesn't leak out of the wall sockets and give everyone cancer.
Re:Call your union rep (Score:5, Funny)
Ontario? (Score:3, Funny)
I would expect this from Alberta, but Ontario?
Re:Stupid Americans (Score:0, Funny)
Two points
1) It was a joke.
2) It was not a single educator.
But thanks for playing.
Another technology whose safety is unresearched: (Score:2, Funny)
Teachers.
I say we get them out of classrooms. I mean, they could be causing cancer in our children. I know this might seem like crazy talk, but I know three kids who developed cancer after going to school, and I don't know of any who developed cancer without attending school. And cancer rates have been on the increase ever since mandatory public education was introduced to society. No scientific study has proved that there is no link between teachers and cancer, despite the best efforts of the pharmaceutical-educational complex that runs the New World Order these days.
Wake up, sheeple!
Re:Remove all 2.4 GHz emitting devices (Score:1, Funny)
How does someone use the phrase `corporatist plutocrats` and not get modded into oblivion?
Something to do with 'sheeple', I'm sure.
Re:Well then... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The "Precautionary Principle" (Score:5, Funny)
"Honestly, I think it's time to re-evaluate the usefullness and legitimacy of the "Precautionary Principle"."
Let's play safe and keep it instead. Think of the children.
Re:Call your union rep (Score:5, Funny)
I would like to buy your rock (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Woohoo! (Score:5, Funny)
Exactly. They have hire people to carry those data-packets around.
Re:Call your union rep (Score:5, Funny)
I've never seen a Catholic wearing a tinfoil hat. Can you provide evidence for this claim?
Whoa! Really? Never seen the pope? Why do you think that friggin' hat is so big, anyway? Yep, totally lined with tin-foil [businessinsider.com].
Re:Call your union rep (Score:5, Funny)
Aluminum isnt harmless either. You think its safe to drink from that coke can, but what if it was 5*10^32 kg and exerted a sufficient gravity field to crush your body?
Re:Remove all 2.4 GHz emitting devices (Score:2, Funny)
Make them leave their brains in their cars. ...
Oh, it appears they already have.
Re:Call your union rep (Score:5, Funny)
What's next? Banning [...] outdoor recess?
Yes. [wordpress.com] Recess is dangerous. [nwsource.com]
Re:Remove all 2.45 GHz emitting devices (Score:4, Funny)
Seems like the local IT would rise up in opposition.
Are you kidding? All that spectrum no longer being used? We could have wireless internet at gigabit speeds on mountain tops! And thanks to the ban on EM radiation, no-one will be allowed to use the equipment needed to detect that we're doing it!
Re:Microwave ovens haven't come to Ontario yet? (Score:4, Funny)
No, the real reason was what happens if you walk into a hospital and say you are there for an NMR (say it out loud, quickly).