from the why-wifi? dept
We've heard claims for years that WiFi makes
some people sick. Unfortunately, the
evidence shows that in double-blind studies people can't tell if there's WiFi (even if they do appear to really feel sick when they
think WiFi is present). However, a new report is claiming that
WiFi is making trees sick, and that the impact is pretty widespread. Having just had to take down a (rather large) tree in our yard that suddenly died, this made me pay attention -- but it seems quite unlikely it had anything to do with WiFi. In this study, it seems like the findings are
extremely preliminary and involve a very small scale test, which appeared to show that WiFi radios had more of an impact than other sources of electromagnetic radiation. It could be quite interesting to see further testing in this area, but it seems a bit early to conclude anything specific about WiFi.
Filed Under: sickness, trees, wifi
