Sunday, December 29, 2013

Parents Want Wi-Fi Out of Schools

Here's a link to GTCO-ATL's previous article that includes a "non-consent form" for parents to turn in to their child's school. WI-FI NON CONSENT FORM.

For a copy of this form in PDF format, use this link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/72047357/GTCO-ATL-Non-Consent-Form-for-Wi-Fi-in-the-Classroom


From New Zealand:

A Kapiti Coast school is surveying parents about plans for classroom wi-fi after a young pupil died from brain cancer.
Can School Wi-Fi system cause deadly brain cancer?        
photo credit – from American Studies

The parents of Ethan Wyman, who died 11 months after being diagnosed with two brain tumors, want wi-fi removed from classrooms at Te Horo School.

The board of trustees has now sent out a survey to all parents, after the Wymans expressed fears that the radiation effect of wi-fi could be linked to cancer.

But the Ministry of Education, which has been at community meetings held by the school alongside the Ministry of Health, says research shows wi-fi is safe.

Damon Wyman, who still has two children at the school, says Ethan was diagnosed with the tumors three months after he was given a wi-fi-connected iPod.

His parents later discovered he had been falling asleep with it under his pillow. Even though it was on standby, it was still emitting bursts of radiation as it tried to connect to the router, Mr Wyman said.

Doctors who saw Ethan said the tumors appeared to be about four months old, Mr Wyman said. He died, aged 10, less than a year after diagnosis last August.

"We're not saying that caused it, but it seems like a bit of a coincidence. Most people would be very cautious about giving their 5-year-old a cellphone - well, this is 30 kids in a classroom [being exposed] to the same thing."

Research showed it was worth taking a precautionary approach to wi-fi. A group of parents had offered to fund cable internet as an alternative. "To me it's a no- brainer, but as we'd be the first school in New Zealand to remove wi-fi, it's a big deal for the board."

Board chairman Steve Joss said the school was taking concerns seriously. "The board hasn't made any decisions on what to do, we're just working through the process of getting information."

The survey was delivered yesterday, and a decision would be made on December 28.

Ministry deputy secretary for education Andrew Hampton said it was working with the school to give information about wi-fi.

The Ministry of Health recently restated its position that exposure to electromagnetic fields from wi- fi equipment in schools did not pose a health risk, he said.

"The health and safety of children in our schools is critical, and the ministry will continue to work with the Ministry of Health to monitor New Zealand standards, international standards and credible research on wi-fi and radio frequency electromagnetic fields."

Although the ministry offered schools a wireless network option, it was up to boards whether they took it up.
Electromagnetic fields consultant Martin Gledhill said exposures to radio frequency fields from wi- fi gear were low, at just a tiny fraction of the public exposure limit.

CAN YOUR CHILD’S SCHOOL WIFI SYSTEM CAUSE DEADLY BRAIN CANCER?
Posted December 27th, 2013 by Kevin Fobbs & filed under Conservative Lion's Den.

You may have just purchased a brand new laptop computer or even tablet for your child this Christmas and watched the excitement building up on his or her face.  Yet, according to the New Zealand parents whose son recently died, your child’s school may turn the new computer or tablet into an unknown death sentence, according to Opposing Views.

Ethan Wyman was a New Zealand whose parents claimed received brain cancer due to the school’s W-Fi system when he operated his “school-issued iPad.”  For most parents the idea that their child could be using a computer or tablet that could cause brain cancer when hooked into their school’s Wi-Fi system is the last likely concern on their mind.

But according to Ethan’s parents when they received the unfortunate news from the child’s doctors that their son had tumors in is brain they began to seriously wonder what the cause could be attributed to.  Since the doctors had informed the parents that the tumors were no more than three months old and Ethan had been bringing home his iPad exactly one month before the tumors, they deduced that the culprit for the tumors had to be the school’s Wi-Fi system, suggested Opposing Views.

Should you be worried that your child may become the inadvertent victim of possible cancer causing Wi-Fi electromagnetic fields?  Most authorities that have examined scientific research on possibility of cancer being the result of exposure to Wi-Fi appear to believe there is no causal connection to brain tumors.

In fact the New Zealand Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education has moved to calm the heightened fears of parents who are aware of Ethan’s parent’s claims. According to their National Research Council, their statement advises the public that over a 20-year period  after reviewing more than 500 scientific studies, there was no, “conclusive and consistent evidence that electromagnetic fields harm humans.”

When doctors discovered tumors in Ethan’s brain, they told his parents the tumors were roughly three months old. Coincidentally, Ethan had been using an iPad at home and school for about four months. Though all scientific research shows no causal connection between electromagnetic fields (like Wi-Fi) and cancer, the Wyman family still believes the device played a role in his cancer development, according to Opposing Views.

The Wymans are not satisfied with the answers they have received and still would like the total removal of Wi-Fi devices from the school classrooms and all school buildings.  While the school board is not agreeing to those measures they are willing to survey the parents to find out where they stand on the issue of Wi-Fi devices in being in their child’s classrooms.

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