When one strolls through the hallowed halls of SV, two things become very clear.  The first…that you can't throw a rock and not hit a thread that doesn't mention "EMF" at least once.  We are virtually haunted by the gobbly-gook surrounding, enveloping, and producing the literally feared…EMF.  The sign that you are a true SV member is the moment that you scream at the TV when some green and white character starts spouting off the evil characteristics of EMF and explains the "fear cage" concept.  Perhaps if all of us scream in unison…someone will hear.  Maybe it go away.  But all of us know…this isn't going to happen.  In fact, it's going to get worse…

Wandering through the web, I found this:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/08/15/ontario-wifi.html

Yes…Wi-Fi is the new fear cage.  Sweet.  Great.  Super…

Stephen had this to say in the recent GHI: Fredriksten Fortress review: "Next, Paul and Brandy investigate reports of a shadow that climbs stairs inside. Paul holds his EMF meter about an inch from an EXIT sign and gets very excited when he gets a reading of 30. Paul– it's called the inverse square law. Move the meter down about a foot, over by where anyone would be standing, and you'll find that that 30 goes away quite nicely. They then discover that beneath the staircase is (BUM BUM BUM) a refrigerator, which sends a terror-inducing field of 2 milligauss onto the stairs. Guys, you have got to be kidding me. Even if there were solid evidence of household EMF causing hallucinations (which there isn't), 2 milligauss is pretty close to normal background."

This is a great example of the nonsense that we must endure from TAPS concerning just EMF.  Just wait until TAPS gets a hold of this new info.  Fear has a new name and it is Wi-Fi.  And you KNOW…we are going to see this somewhere down the road.  "There's a theory about Wi-Fi…"

Oh…at the beginning of this post, I said that "two" things become very clear.  The second thing?  My head always begins to hurt when talking about EMF and all the misunderstanding surrounding it.  Then again…I'm always online when I type, therefore…using Wi-Fi!  Suddenly…I'm very afraid…

I hear ya Revenant. Every time I see an EMF meter on one of these shows I prepare the hobby horse (soapbox) for a long ride.

So Wi-Fi is the new evil is it? With a statement like the following I would bet the parents are avid Ghost Hunters fans.

"Some parents in the Barrie, Ont., area say their children are showing a host of symptoms, ranging from headaches to dizziness and nausea…… They believe the Wi-Fi setup in their kids' elementary schools may be the problem…..

"These kids are getting sick at school but not at home," he said……..

"I'm not saying it's because of the Wi-Fi because we don't know yet, but I've pretty much eliminated every other possible source."

What a load of moo poo. Eliminated every other possible source indeed. They have no idea! As I suppose most of the population don't either.

The safety levels of Wi-Fi, and for that matter just about every other piece of radiating equipment is well established. In the USA the FCC and in my country the ACMA have already provided guidelines and legislation for anything that radiates RF over a few milliwatts. The spectrum is carefully planned, monitored and managed in each of our countries. Commercially available equipment has to be "type approved" and have a sticker on it stating such. 

There is no need to reinvent the wheel here. Our governing bodies have gone to great lengths and research to establish safe levels in the workplace and in the home and restricted access to imports of dodgy equipment.

Of course that doesn't stop certain people making a 1kw Wi-Fi transmitter from bits of microwave oven parts in the basement (which some people do lol). But legally speaking you can't use non approved basement designed equipment in public, like schools or work place without adhering to the regulations. Doing so would result in litigation.