Letter from the American Academy of
Environmental Medicine concerning High-Powered WiFi Systems in Schools
American Academy of Environmental Medicine
6505 E Central • Ste 296 • Wichita, KS 67206
March 19, 2013
Los Angeles Unified School District
333 S Beaudry Ave #24
Los Angeles, CA 90017
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine comprises
Medical Doctors, Osteopaths and PhD researchers focusing on the effects of
environmental agents on human health. For forty years the Academy has trained
Physicians to treat the most difficult, to heal patients who are often overlooked
by our medical system because the cause of their illness is a chemical,
solvent, or toxic metal, not a bacteria, virus or other traditionally understood cause.
In recent years our members and
colleagues have reported an increase in patients whose symptoms are reversible by eliminating wireless
radiating devices in their homes such as cell phones, cordless
phones and wireless internet systems.
There is consistent emerging science
that shows people, especially children are affected by the increasing exposure to wireless radiation. In September
2010, the Journal of the American Society for
Reproductive Medicine ‐ Fertility and Sterility reported that only four hours of exposure to a standard
laptop using WiFi caused DNA damage to human sperm.
In May 2011, the World Health Organization elevated
exposure to wireless radiation, including WiFi, onto the Class 2b list of
Carcinogens. In October 2012, the AAEM issued a public warning about
WiFi in schools that stated:
“Adverse health effects from wireless
radio frequency fields, such as learning disabilities, altered immune responses, and headaches, clearly exist and
are well documented in the scientific
literature. Safer technology, such as use of hardwiring, is strongly recommended in schools.”
In December 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics ‐ representing
60,000 pediatricians,
wrote to Congress requesting it update the safety levels of microwave
radiation exposure especially for children and pregnant women.
The WiFi systems in schools are
typically hundreds of times more powerful than the home consumer systems you may be familiar with. They
are also dozens of times more powerful than the cafe and
restaurant systems you may have been exposed to. The WiFi systems in schools are necessarily more powerful than
any microwave communication systems in any
other setting because they are required to run hundreds of computers simultaneously. They are also exposing
children ‐ the Los Angeles Unified School District most vulnerable to microwave
radiation ‐ to extended periods all day, for their entire
childhood.
This is an unprecedented exposure with unknown outcome on
the health and reproductive potential of a generation.
To install this system in Los Angeles risks a widespread
public health question that the medical system is
not yet prepared to answer.
In October 2013, the AAEM is organizing an international
medical conference in Phoenix AZ to teach
doctors how to identify patients whose symptoms can be reversed by eliminating exposure to
WiFi, cell phones and other forms of wireless radiation in the home.
It is unlikely that there are currently enough doctors in
Los Angeles County familiar with the biological
effects of microwave radiation to diagnose and treat the numbers of children
who will potentially
become symptomatic from exposure to your wireless system should you elect toinstall
it.
Statistics show that you can expect an
immediate reaction in 3% of your students and time‐delayed reactions in 30% of them. This
will also include teachers.
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine suggests
strongly that you do not add to the burden of
public health by installing blanket wireless internet connections in Los
Angeles schools. Hardwired
internet connections are not only safer, they are stronger, and more secure. Children, who are required by law to attend school also require a higher level of
protection than
the general public.
You may be directed by technology proponents that the
science on the
human health effects of WiFi is not yet certain. This
uncertainty is not a reason to subject a generation
of children to such extreme exposure. Rather, it is the foundation upon which caution
must be exercised to prevent a potential public health disaster.
While technicians and sales staff argue about the
validity of the dangers posed by cell towers, cell
phones, WiFi and other forms of wireless radiation, it is the doctors who must
deal with the
fall out.
Until we, as doctors, can determine
why some of our patients become debilitatingly sick from WiFi and other microwave communications, while
others do not, we implore you not to take such a known risk with the health of so many
children who have entrusted you to keep them safe while at school.
Respectfully,
The Executive Committee of the American Academy of
Environmental Medicine
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