Wi-Fi lawsuit against Portland Public Schools dismissed by federal judge
Published: Friday, July 20, 2012, 4:41 PM Updated: Friday, July 20, 2012, 5:33 PM
The lawsuit, filed last year by Southeast Portland parent David Mark Morrison, argued that Wi-Fi exposes children to unacceptable levels of radiation over prolonged periods of time and impacts their health.
But U.S. District Judge Michael Mosman found that the lawsuit, while aimed at Portland Public Schools, also challenges the safety standards set by the Federal Communications Commission. The radiation levels emitted by its Wi-Fi networks are below the limits established by the FCC, Portland Public Schools argued.
Mosman said the FCC, not his court, has the authority to consider such a challenge or change to its rules.
Morrison's attorney Shawn Abrell argued that the agency does not deal with issues in a timely manner. He also called the FCC "an agency so tied up with telecommunications companies, it's ineffective."
But Mosman said "that fact, if I accepted it as true, doesn't confer jurisdiction on me."
The judge did not address the merits of the lawsuit and did not rule on motions by both sides to strike the expert opinions of the opposing side.
Morrison said he intends to appeal the decision.
It is a shame that this case wasn't successfull. It would have set an important precedent. There is enough scientific evidence of biological effects of microwave radiation in wireless technology. When would the authorities admit they are biological hazards? When in 1956 Dr. Alice Stewart (UK) raised red flags about X-ray in pregnancy and its link with childhood leukemia, she was rediculed. It took 3 decades more to establish this fact and to protect unborn children from X-ray radiation. AT the moment we are in the same state of false security with non-ionising radiation of microwave and radio wave fields. As we don't have unexposed control group to study anymore, it will be really hard to prove a causal relationship.There will be more cancer in young people in the years to come. Sad but this is true.
ReplyDeleteMosman is a moron and should be removed from the bench.
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