This whole thing is absurd actually. First I'd like to point out that most new baby monitors operate in the same frequencies as 802.11b but unlike the spread spectrum signal that these products radiate the baby monitor will transmit a constant signal. (the duty cycle of SS devices is actually quite low... including cell phones)
Secondly the "received" signal at 3" (typical distance of a cell phone) vs. the typical distance of a wireless card in a a laptop sitting on your lap is (probably about 2' from your head) are not the same. RF radiation is not constant. A 100mw source at 1 meter will be measured much higher than at 2 meters. You probably way more radiation running through you at any given time from your electric razor or microwave oven or even from the back ground radiation that's still present from the creation of the universe. The people at the world health organization should be worrying about the over population of the planet and how they are going to feed 10 billion people with a steady loss in farmable land and lack of fresh drinking water rather than if they're getting "cooked" from RF radiation. If I were you personally I would be more concerned with what I'm putting in my baby's body from the food he's/she's eating and weather or not I'm raising him in environmentally responsible ways so he/she doesn't grow up in a polluted toxic waist land. This is just my 2 cents and for every 100 scientist that find no harmful effects from such exposure you will find 10,000 nuts who want to convince you that it's a government conspiracy and we're all going to die... usually to make a buck selling there cell phone RF protector shield. Dan Fitzpatrick. On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 10:45:14AM -0800, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > I think this is rather alarmist without any scientific basis. Granted, I > wouldn't want my baby sleeping on the gateway all day long. Stick it in > your garage or server room and its effect is minimal. Your standard 30mW > gateway is going to radiate a lot less than your cell phone or even your > portable phone base station. Or for that matter, it is probably less than > the cell phone tower nearest you. So, if you want to get paranoid make > sure you throw out all your portable phones, your cell phone, your > microwave and at the same time either do the same to all your neighbours > and blow up the local cell tower or move into a cave without any > neighbours. > > -Rasmus > > On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Randy S wrote: > > > I do worry. I wouldn't do it. There are some extenuating circumstances however, > > like distance, amount of on time etc, that might be worth considering. > > > > I get a headache when I use my cell phone for more than a few minutes, the FCC > > recommends that children not use cell phones, and the head of the World Health > > Organization won't use a cell phone or allow anyone into her office with one > > turned on. > > > > Granted, 802.11 and cell phones are different strengths, frequencies, > > proximities to delicate body parts etc, but pretty similar. I use 802.11 > > occasionaly and love the convenience, but definitely limit my usage. I am also > > a fierce proponent of community based net access. It's hard to make this and > > the previous paragraphs jive. It's a conundrum for sure. Usually I make due > > with a good long cable. > > > > I'm surprised there aren't more threads like this on this list. > > > > my 2c. > > > > /r > > > > > > --- joe howarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Folks, > > > > > > We've got a baby on the way. Having wireless in our house would really help > > > out as I'll be able to do my work anywhere (plus one of those 802.11 cameras > > > would be great). > > > > > > Question = Is there any concern having an Access Point in the house so close > > > to a very young child? Does anyone worry about all of the wireless signals > > > affecting a newborn? > > > > > > Sorry if these are 'dumb' questions, but I'm sure I'm not the only one. > > > > > > Thanks for any feedback. > > > > > > -joe (Outer Sunset, SF) > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ > > -- > > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
