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Passing out ShoeShine Kits to the fecal colored parasites would be a lot more efficacious. >I guess this is the thanks we get from border hopping parents for trying to >help their kids out by installing state of the art computer networks in the >schools they attend with our tax money. > >---------------------------------------- > >A pioneering elementary school district outside Chicago has been sued for >installing a wireless computer network by parents worried that exposure to >the network's radio waves could harm their children. > >According to the complaint, filed in Illinois state court, parents of five >children assert that a growing body of evidence outlines "serious health >risks that exposure to low intensity, but high radio frequency radiation >poses to human beings, particularly children." > >The Oak Park Elementary School District set up a wireless network to connect >its schools to one another in 1995, long before such networks became wildly >popular. A spokeswoman for the district, Gail Crantz, said it complies with >all government regulations for wireless networks. > >Today, the 5,000 students in the district have access to carts of laptop >computers to do research on the Internet from their desks, said Steve >Chowanski, director of information services for the district. > >An estimated 30 million Wi-Fi networks have been installed worldwide, >according to the Wi-Fi Alliance, which certifies wireless products. Brian >Grimm, a spokesman for the group, said he is unaware of other similar suits >targeting Wi-Fi networks. > >According to Chowanski, a small group of parents had complained about the >risks of installing wireless networks in the school. In response, the school >board said it would continue to monitor research into the safety of the >networks but reaffirmed its plan to use Wi-Fi. > >"We are not going to do anything different," Chowanski said. "This is the >wave of the future." > >The complaint by the parents was filed on Sept. 26 in the Circuit Court of >Cook County in Illinois. A hearing before Judge Nancy Arnold is scheduled >for February. > >The parents allege that the district failed to examine the health impact >that wireless local area networks pose, especially for growing children. >They are seeking class action status for their suit, which seeks to halt the >use of wireless networks. > >Calls to the parents and their lawyers were not immediately returned. >The Wi-Fi Alliance says Wi-Fi networks are safe. The radio waves in a Wi-Fi >network use the same frequency as wireless home phones, and have >one-thirtieth the power of, cordless phones, Grimm, the spokesman for the >group, said. >---------------------------------------------- > >How do I know ignorant beaners are responsible for this? Google Oak Park >Elementary's website and take a look at the surnames of the student body. > >Blackadder - Massa to niggers, beaners, native peoples, and effete educrat >liberals. > > >
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