Re: “Wi-Fi victory for Victor School,” letter, April 6.
I support the use of technology as one important teaching tool. At this time, I believe that we should continue to use the hard-wired technology already built into our classrooms, at least, at the elementary level.
Here are the reasons:
1. It will cost more to install Wi-Fi when we already have hard-wired technology.
2. Laptops and iPads can be charged using hard-wired technology and taken from the trolleys and used anywhere in the school.
3. The World Health Organization has classified Wi-Fi as a B2 carcinogen.
4. Wi-fi is ubiquitous now and we are just beginning to understand the non-thermal biological effects, especially for children. (Remember BPA in plastic?)
5. Dr. Martha Herbert of the Harvard Medical School stated, after reviewing 550 research findings: “EMF/RFR [electromagnetic fields and radiofrequency radiation] from Wi-Fi and cell towers can exert a disorganizing effect on the ability to learn and remember, and can also be destabilizing to immune and metabolic function, and children are more susceptible.”
6. I support the precautionary principle — prove that there are no negative, long-term, cumulative health effects.
7. As an employer, our district, like every district, has a duty to accommodate children and employees experiencing severe hypersensitivity to EMF/RFR.
Deborah Nohr
Trustee, Greater Victoria School District
