Is Wi-Fi in Schools Safe?
What you should know about Wi-Fi in your child's school.
Putting EMF exposure on your radar of potential health
risks.
by Brian Spero
A primary responsibility of being a parent is diligently
protecting the safety and well-being of your children. We spend a lot of time
teaching our kids techniques for navigating dangerous situations, scrutinizing
the individuals and institutions we temporarily entrust them to, showing them
how to eat right, looking after their personal hygiene and so on. When it comes
to a rising new concern that could potentially contribute to a host of health
complications, we owe it to ourselves, and our kids, to listen and learn.
Electromagnetic fields (EMF) are a form of radiation or
invisible area of energy associated with the modern use of electrical power.
Common sources of EMF radiation include power lines, computers, cell phones and
wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) networks. While most of us over the years have
probably heard rumblings of the possibilities of negative health effects
attributed to high levels of exposure to EMFs, little definitive word has
reached the mainstream stamping it as a legitimate concern. But in a world in
which experts estimate we encounter 100 million times the exposure to
artificial EMF radiation than our grandparents did, there’s never been a more
critical time to take a closer look.
A Voice of Warning
One person who has been fighting to get the word out about
pervasive negative health implications relating to EMFs and Wi-Fi in schools is
Camilla Rees. An investment banker by trade, Rees realized she has a particular
sensitivity to EMFs about seven years ago. Since then, she’s dedicated herself
to learning as much as possible about the science and research regarding EMF
exposure and relating the facts in everyday terms people can understand,
founding electromagnetichealth.org along the way.
“It’s hard once you know something that is very important
happening to society to turn a blind eye to it,” says Rees, who feels certain
EMF radiation poses a threat. “You have to ethically move to educate people,
raise awareness and try to move things in the right direction.” And with
institutions ranging from daycare centers and grammar schools all the way up to
colleges and universities racing to remain on the cutting edge by upgrading to
campus-wide, industrial strength Wi-Fi, there’s a growing number of concerned
individuals desperate to get to the truth.
What We Know About EMFs
According to Rees, the first thing to understand about this
complex and often controversial topic is radio frequency radiation is
biologically active. “We know for certain, it’s absolutely unquestionable,” she
says, citing more than 20,000 studies.
“We think of ourselves as solid beings, but we’re actually
electromagnetic,” Rees explains. “And when there’s an energy source that’s more
powerful than the delicate balance in our bodies, it causes disruptions. So as
a result, you’re going to see every system potentially being affected.”
From cancer risks and behavioral changes to cardiovascular
irregularities and sleep disorders, Rees offers a laundry list of related
concerns that includes many of the most prevalent medical conditions plaguing
our society. “Chronic illnesses have skyrocketed since the mid-1990s when all
this technology started to proliferate,” says Rees.
Martha Herbert, an assistant professor of neurology at
Harvard Medical School and a pediatric neurologist and neuroscientist at
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, contributed an article to the Autism
Notebook Spring 2015 edition, titled “Connections in Our Environment:
Sizing up Electromagnetic Fields,” in which she details documented parallel
issues that occur in cases of EMF exposure and autism. “There is a whole series
of problems at the cellular, sub-cellular and metabolic levels and immune
levels that have been identified in autism. And interestingly, for every single
one of those problems, there’s literature about how EMFs can create those kinds
of problems,” says Herbert. “The argument I made is not that it proves EMF
causes autism, but that EMF can certainly contribute to degrading the
physiological integrity of the system at the cellular and molecular level.”
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