Sunday, October 29, 2017

Week6 - Yuchen Qu

Yuchen Qu
Section A03
Week 6

This week’s reading “Is Wi-Fi in school safe” talks about the harm of Electromagnetic fields (EMF) caused by modern electric power. I’m here to talk about my opinions towards the problem. As technologies become more cutting-edge, the society will rely more on the electronic devices as time goes on because they can provide entertainment and convenience for people. At the same time, because the technology nowadays is not able to eliminate radiations from different electric power, the harm caused by them will become more serious. However, the harm is invisible which means it will not show any health problems on human bodies in short time. It’s like an invisible killer. This is the most dangerous because people don’t know when the health problem will appear, and when the time comes, it might be too late and there may be no way to cure it because it’s not a physical problem. This article let me pay attention to the health problem. Every night, I go to sleep with the router in my room turned on, and leave the cell phone besides me, which may be the most dangerous sources invisible harm to my health. I agree with the suggestions in the article that to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, and to turn of the cell phone and Wi-Fi. In addition, I think this situation is the most severe for students major in Computer Sciences/ Computer engineering because they always have to sit in front of computers, several monitors, and other electronic devices to do coding work and the process always takes really long time. Finally, more and more children indulge in video games, such as the ones on Play Station, Xbox, Computers, iPads, iPhones etc. Parents must pay more attention to the problem and because the electronic devices are more harmful to children than to adults, there should be restrictions on children if they would like to play the games.

Question: Wi-Fi on campus is always turned on, and some routers are on the roof of the classrooms or lecture halls. Is there a better way that school can reduce the harm created by them while keeping the convenience for students?



Reference:
1. Spero, Brian. (2017, April 25). Is Wi-Fi in Schools Safe? Boston Parents Paper. Retrieved October 29, 2017.

2. Linked in. (2015, June 22). [Digital Image] “Wifi Health Dangers & Radiation Health Effects.” Retrieved October 29, 2017 from


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