Do wireless modems cause cancer?

mehmeh12 · 13-09-2009 5:47pm #1

Hi

Just started to use wireless a few days ago-does using wireless give you cancer?

karlog · 13-09-2009 5:51pm

No i'm pretty sure thats a load of bull.

However if you feel unsafe, wrap your modem in tinfoil to put you at ease.

PogMoThoin · 13-09-2009 5:56pm

Everything gives You cancer

mehmeh12 · 13-09-2009 5:56pm

karlog wrote: »

No i'm pretty sure thats a load of bull.

However if you feel unsafe, wrap your modem in tinfoil to put you at ease.

Wrapping the modem in tinfoil made of metal will block the wireless signal wont it? why is that? how will this protect me from radiation?

ttm · 13-09-2009 5:58pm

karlog wrote: »

No i'm pretty sure thats a load of bull.

However if you feel unsafe, wrap your modem in tinfoil to put you at ease.

I thought you had to wear a tin foil helmet on your head? So I've been doing it wrong

karlog · 13-09-2009 6:01pm

mehmeh12 wrote: »

Wrapping the modem in tinfoil made of metal will block the wireless signal wont it? why is that? how will this protect me from radiation?

Your right. In that case buy one of these suits:

mehmeh12 · 13-09-2009 6:02pm

ttm wrote: »

I thought you had to wear a tin foil helmet on your head? So I've been doing it wrong

Ok but no but really i read in my modem manual that metal will actually obstruct the signal- is that why some people put tinfoil over the transmitter? does it work?

quiche · 13-09-2009 6:03pm

karlog wrote: »

No i'm pretty sure thats a load of bull.

However if you feel unsafe, wrap your modem in tinfoil to put you at ease.

+1 Interweb

quiche · 13-09-2009 6:06pm

mehmeh12 wrote: »

Ok but no but really i read in my modem manual that metal will actually obstruct the signal- is that why some people put tinfoil over the transmitter? does it work?

No offense, not sure if you are genuine or not, i'll assume you are genuine - otherwise i've been sucked in big time.

Yes some people do modify their router in order to BOOST the signal (see pringles wireless antenna).

If you wrap your router in tinfoil, whilst the tinfoil is on you will have a very expensive paper weight. If you have already done this, take the tinfoil off and all will be fine.

The wireless router will not give you cancer. To be on the safe side, do not strap it to your body or near any genitalia.

karlog · 13-09-2009 6:07pm

Wireless modems dont cause cancer by the way. The energy emissions are much lower than a mobile phone or a TV. So no need to worry about it.

mehmeh12 · 13-09-2009 6:14pm

karlog wrote: »

Wireless modems dont cause cancer by the way. The energy emissions are much lower than a mobile phone or a TV. So no need to worry about it.

I dont suppose someone can provide hard evidence to back up this point?

quiche · 13-09-2009 6:21pm

mehmeh12 wrote: »

I dont suppose someone can provide hard evidence to back up this point?

I have yet to grow a 4th arm.

mehmeh12 · 13-09-2009 6:23pm

ok ok enough with all the sarcasm people

karlog · 13-09-2009 6:37pm

mehmeh12 wrote: »

I dont suppose someone can provide hard evidence to back up this point?

Theres no hard evidence to suggest they cause cancer either.

Edit: and if you do think WiFi causes cancer then you may as well throw your mobile phone away while your at it

Corkfeen · 13-09-2009 6:40pm

They say everything causes cancer.:D I'd go wild and use wireless, theres a such thing as over analysing. Everyones in area with wifi each day,bloody death threat.

Webmonkey · 13-09-2009 6:45pm

There's no escaping it. We are all going to die of cancer anyways some day so just enjoy your life while you can.

mehmeh12 · 13-09-2009 6:53pm

Webmonkey wrote: »

There's no escaping it. We are all going to die of cancer anyways some day so just enjoy your life while you can.

By this you mean that aging is essentially the effect of oxygen on human tissue yes?

Webmonkey · 13-09-2009 6:54pm

Sarcasm

mehmeh12 · 13-09-2009 7:01pm

Ok look aging in humans is the end effect of free radicals(cancer cells) which themselves are induced by oxidation ( the adding of oxygen). Full blown cancer is a extreme example of this. Does this make sense?

Webmonkey · 13-09-2009 7:03pm

Calm down :eek: - I meant what I said was sarcasm since everything we do today causes cancer

mehmeh12 · 13-09-2009 7:07pm

And here i thought boards was a serious place to be. I guess not :pac:

ttm · 13-09-2009 7:17pm

mehmeh12 wrote: »

And here i thought boards was a serious place to be. I guess not :pac:

It is until you present an obvious open target

But back to the original question.... there has been loads of research into mobile phones and mobile phone masts as possible causes of cancer afaik there has been no proved link and the radiation from a WiFi router is a lot less QED ?

mehmeh12 · 13-09-2009 7:21pm

QED??

ttm · 13-09-2009 7:52pm

mehmeh12 wrote: »

QED??

QED

Get serious

PogMoThoin · 13-09-2009 9:01pm

Trust me, I work for a Wireless ISP, I handle wifi and wimax equipment much more powerful than a household wifi router all day, every day. There is absolutely no danger, no side effects, no cancer.

Next thing You'll say light causes cancer, we're all doomed

ttm · 13-09-2009 9:07pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Trust me, I work for a Wireless ISP, I handle wifi and wimax equipment much more powerful than a household wifi router all day, every day. There is absolutely no danger, no side effects, no cancer.

Next thing You'll say light causes cancer, we're all doomed

We've had truth, we've had jokes, we've had sarcasum did I just spot some irony? :P

bonzodog2 · 14-09-2009 1:40pm

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Next thing You'll say light causes cancer, we're all doomed

I'll just put in my $0.02 for ultraviolet (is it A or B ?) and skin melanomas ...

Kevin! · 14-09-2009 1:44pm

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