Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi
The internet can be accessed two ways: Through ethernet cords (which is faster, more secure, and safer) or by spraying the radiation through the air, which is Wi-Fi.
Modems and routers spray that wireless radiation at extreme levels, with serious health effects highlighted in the studies below.
Much of the earlier peer-reviewed science of wireless radiation was focused on cell phones, since these were the first wide-scale, wireless consumer products on the market.
Yet Wi-Fi also emits wireless radiation, unfortunately at extreme levels – often in the hundreds of thousands of microwatts/meter squared.
“Wi-Fi is an Important Threat to Human Health”
“Wi-Fi is an important threat to human health,” (2018) by Dr. Martin Pall, professor emeritus of biochemistry and basic medical sciences at Washington State University, published a thorough review paper analyzing 23 studies of the biological harm from Wi-Fi, found here.
Dr Pall concluded that Wi-Fi studies repeatedly show increased risks of oxidative stress, sperm/testicular damage, neuropsychiatric effects including EEG changes, apoptosis, cellular DNA damage, endocrine changes, and calcium overload. Dr Pall notes that pulsed waves, which are typically used in wireless devices, are much more damaging to cellular structures and the effects are non-linear, meaning there is not a typical dose response curve.
Dr Pall also highlights research showing these effects can be cumulative and irreversible.
Physicians for Safe Technology
Dr Cindy Russell, breast surgeon and immediate past president of CA’s Santa Clara County Medical Society, is the executive director of Physicians for Safe Technology, which published a compilation of more than 50 studies of the health effects of Wi-Fi, found here.
Parents can use Dr Cindy Russell’s letter from 2019 to the Portland Oregon Schools, found here.
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine’s 2013 letter on Wi-Fi in schools is linked here.
At our Solutions page, see information on how to hard-wire, lower the power density, and other options.
