Wi-Fi in Schools

Legal Action

Overview

Exposure Measurements

The Science

Expert Recommendations

http://ehtrust.org/policy/schools-unions-and-pta-actions/

This includes a Finnish school that has installed kill switches and timers to reduce wireless radiation exposure to children and staff:

https://ehtrust.org/wi-fi-off-switches-installed-finnish-school-reduce-wireless-radiation-exposure-children/

Legislation to Protect Schools

School Training

Additional Resources

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmcAXZ-o1K4

Please note, the United States' current FCC standards for EMFs are very similar to Australia's outdated standards and are currently under formal review.  However, in the cases of smoking, asbestos and lead, it took many years for the our government to change our public health standards so we may not see change come from the top anytime soon.  In the meantime, manufacturers will continue to sell us harmful products so it is up to concerned citizens to protect themselves and their loved ones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v75sKAUFdc

E-Rate Program Influence

http://www.nacst.org/education-reform.html

http://www.slideshare.net/MAhonen/radiofrequency-radiation-and-cchildrens-health-sustainability-challenges-for-e-ggovernment-sweg-2017

Technology Can Hamper Learning

Another issue is that technology was brought into the classroom under the industry's promise that it will enhance learning. Studies are now showing otherwise:

Privacy Issues

Silicon Valley Executives Ban Technology from Their Children

Meanwhile, the New York Times reports Silicon Valley executives are sending their children to schools with no technology and having their nannies sign contracts that there will be no screens around their children:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/style/digital-divide-screens-schools.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/style/phones-children-silicon-valley.html?action=click&contentCollection=undefined&contentPlacement=4&module=stream_unit&pgtype=collection&region=stream&rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fnellie-bowles&version=latest

Students and Staff Suffering

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsPBUuwCfaI

www.networkworld.com/article/2975945/mobile-wireless/massachusetts-boarding-school-fay-southborough-sued-over-wi-fi-sickness.html

For the first time in American courts, non-thermal effects are recognized:

https://www.leagle.com/decision/infdco20171006q74

Educators Taking Action

Parents Taking Action

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx1bmRlcnN0YW5kaW5nZW1mc3xneDo0ODFhY2UwNDcxN2NhMzA4

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http://www.lausd-oehs.org/docs/Misc/Radiofrequency_Safety_Fact_Sheet_021113a.pdf

So, until actual safe technology can be brought to market, it is up to the parents to become educated, and then help educate our schools to protect our children and staff members.

Students Taking Action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSvqchS9lYo

Resources

The following links provide additional insights to help guide us.  Please don't hesitate to reach out to any of these contacts, we are all eager to help you solve this problem in your community:

http://ehtrust.org/first-us-public-school-district-limits-wi-fi-radiation-exposure-to-students-and-staff/

The following 27-minute WCCA-TV cable program gives an overview of the journey to bring about Ashland's Best Practices for Mobile Devices (another guest speaks briefly about a utility "smart" meter program piloted in Worcester, MA):

http://www.wccatv.com/video/soapbox/SOAPBOX1052

We also received a local grant to purchase an Acoustimeter to put on loan through the Ashland Public Library so residents can measure and remediate wi-fi radiation in their spaces.  WACA-TV helped to produce a 23-minute public service video to demonstrate how to use it in one's home, and offers suggestions to lower exposure:

https://vimeo.com/159873631

bostonparentspaper.com/is-wi-fi-in-schools-safe/ 

http://safetechforschoolsmaryland.blogspot.com/2016/04/new-york-pta-calls-for-wi-fi-to-be.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SafeTechForSchoolsMaryland+%28Safe+Tech+for+Schools+Maryland%29

Note: The information provided here is publicly available on the Internet.  

It is intended to provide a starting point to inform you of EMF dangers.  

Please do your own research, draw your own conclusions, and act accordingly to protect those you love.

http://tinyurl.com/Understanding-EMFs