(BOSTON) AUG 25 – PARENTS OF A 12 YEAR-OLD STUDENT ATTENDING A MASSACHUSETTS BOARDING SCHOOL ARE SUING, BECAUSE THEY SAY THE SCHOOL’S WI-FI IS MAKING THEIR CHILD SICK.
FOX NEWS RADIO’S BILL MARCUS HAS MORE.
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THE MASSACHUSETTS PARENTS SAY THEIR SON’S NOSEBLEEDS AND NAUSEA ARE BEING CAUSED BY ELECTRONIC MAGNETIC HYPERSENSITIVITY SYNDROME.
CARPENTER – THERE ARE INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT SUFFER FROM THIS SYNDROME :05
SUNY ALBANY HEALTH PROFESSOR DAVID CARPENTER SAYS THE DEGREE OF EXPOSURE CAUSES SYMPTOMS.
CARPENTER – IF YOU HAVE A COMPUTER CLASSROOM IN A SCHOOL WHERE YOU HAVE TWENTY OR THIRTY KIDS EACH WITH A WIRELESS LAPTOP WITH ONE BIG ROUTER ON THE CEILING YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY INTENSE RADIO FREQUENCY EXPOSURE IN THAT ROOM :13
THE FEDERAL CASE ASKS THE SCHOOL TO SWITCH TO ETHERNET.
IN BOSTON, BILL MARCUS, FOX NEWS RADIO
ANCHOR TAG: DR. CARPENTER HAS BEEN STUDYING THE ISSUE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. THE PARENTS IN THEIR COMPLAINT SAYING OFFICIALS AT THE FAY SCHOOL IN SOUTHBORO, MASSACHUSETTS REFUSED TO MEET WITH THEM ON THE ISSUE, AND THREATENED NOT TO RE-ENROLL THEIR SON IF THEY SPOKE TO ANYONE ELSE AT THE SCHOOL ABOUT THE ISSUE. THE SCHOOL SAYS ITS RESPONSE TO THE SUIT THAT A COMPANY IT HIRED TO MEASURE ITS RADIO WAVES FOUND THE COMBINED LEVEL WERE LESS THAN ONE TEN-THOUSANDTH (1/10,000th) OF THE APPLICABLE FEDERAL LIMITS.
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DR. DAVID CARPENTER, A PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSOR AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT ALBANY, WHO HAS STUDIED THE EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENTS ON PEOPLE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS SAYS THE CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A LOT OF WIFI AND A YOUNG PERSON OR A WOMAN (WOMEN, HE SAYS, ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THIS SYNDROME) DEPEND ON THE SATURATION OR DEGREE OF WIFI IN A PARTICULAR SPACE.
FULL CONVERSATION WITH DR. CARPENTER