Image by 123rf.com By Dante Sterling
Staff Writer Numerous studies have been done on wi-fi recently to see if the radio waves transmitted by the wi-fi box can affect people's brains negatively from its frequency. Wi-fi uses radio frequency technology that is created from the antenna, generating an electromagnetic spectrum. It also uses radio waves to provide wireless-high speed internet and network connections. Wi-fi has improved in its technology and speed since it was discovered. In 1985, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opened several bands of wireless spectrums without needing the government's licence. Without this action taken by the FCC, wi-fi would not exist, or would have been discovered later on. “I am not really worried about Wi-fi affecting my health because there isn’t enough evidence in my life that proves that it’s unhealthy,” Aidan Strealy explains. According to the World Health Organization, located in the United Nations, wireless technology, like wi-fi, is positively way below international standards of safety. The only recorded case about radio frequency exposure was a slight temperature rise when a person was exposed to very high intensity radio frequency. The intensity or frequency of a wi-fi signal is 100,000 times less than a microwave oven signal. When a phone is held up to a person’s head, they get a bigger dose of microwaves, while a wi-fi router will probably never be held anywhere close to their brain. “It has been estimated that you get a bigger dose of microwaves from one 20-minute phone call than from a year's wi-fi” (The Guardian). Wi-fi has a non-ionizing wavelength of 2.45 GHz to operate, while a phone operates on 800-2,400 MHz. There is nothing that people should be worried about since wi-fi has been proven to not actually negatively affect the brain. A phone call is something users should be more worried about, not a low frequency signal transmitted by wi-fi. Comments are closed.
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