Week 5 - Calvin Huang

Wi-Fi plays an essential part of our daily lives.  However, after reading the articles I have to reconsider how wi-fi can affect the human body.  As the article says, “An increasing number of physicians, scientists, and parents are concerned about long term health effects from Wi-Fi in schools.” (17).  To be honest, I’ve never thought about what wi-fi could do to our bodies.  I just took for granted that it was there and that it was convenient.  Apparently, “Children have thinner skulls, their immune systems are undeveloped, their cells are dividing more rapidly, thus, they are more vulnerable to EMF radiation and other carcinogens.” (17).  This brings a pressing concern about how wi-fi will affect the brains of developing children.  When I was young, wi-fi was not prevalent.  Most devices were hooked up with Ethernet cables and the only wireless device that was used were cellphones.  Now the wireless connection is everywhere, from restaurants to even schools.  It’s not without reason though, the availability of wireless allows us to accomplish tasks more efficiently.  I can go to a library or restaurant to work on my essay or project.  Then again, maybe we are being too reckless and not considering the effects of wi-fi.  Maybe it is because the benefits of wi-fi, on the surface, seems to outweigh the cons.  However, I believe that our health is more important than what benefits wi-fi can bring.  There should be more research done on the effects of wi-fi.  The more research there is done, the stronger the evidence would be.  Hopefully we can arrive at a conclusion soon, or else the future generations might suffer for our lack of action.

My question is: Why hasn’t there already been research before bringing the technology to the masses, and if there was, why are we not informed about the effects of wi-fi?

Citations

 

Russell, Cindy. “Wi-Fi in the Schools: Are We Playing It Safe With Our Students.”

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