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RandySF

(59,333 posts)
Mon Aug 1, 2016, 11:45 PM Aug 2016

Jill Stein says it’s dangerous to expose kids to wifi signals

At a meeting in March, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein told the assembled crowd that wireless Internet technology is dangerous for developing children.

In the video, posted Monday by Patheos blogger Michael Stone, a woman in the audience said that she is a kindergarten teacher who is concerned about children being given devices with screens to learn from at a young age.

Stein said that, yes, it’s bad for growing kids to spend too much time glued to screens on TVs or computers. Too much non-human interaction has been shown to negatively affect children’s cognition and their ability to socialize and communicate with others.

“And what about the wireless?” the teacher asked.

“We should not be exposing, especially, kids’ brains to that,” Stein said. “You know, we don’t follow that issue in this country, but in Europe where they do, they have good precautions around wireless. Maybe not good enough, because it’s very hard to study this stuff. We make guinea pigs out of whole populations and then we discover how many die.”


https://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/jill-stein-says-its-dangerous-to-expose-kids-to-wifi-signals/

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Jill Stein says it’s dangerous to expose kids to wifi signals (Original Post) RandySF Aug 2016 OP
My god, she is batshit insane Tarc Aug 2016 #1
She's working harder to sound stupid CreekDog Aug 2016 #2
Simple solution, Jill... True Dough Aug 2016 #3
I agree with her on this somewhat. OhioBlue Aug 2016 #4
WiFi is radio frequencies. Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2016 #12
Mobile phones use radio frequencies. cheapdate Aug 2016 #5
As silly as her vaccine and GMO stance. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2016 #6
Its dangerous to expose kids to Jill Stein. JaneyVee Aug 2016 #7
For a good laugh go to JPR HarmonyRockets Aug 2016 #8
Wow, they're calling Gizmodo a "pro-Hillary front" Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2016 #13
Yup. Agschmid Aug 2016 #15
No words dlwickham Aug 2016 #17
Jill "Wackadoo" Stein. MineralMan Aug 2016 #9
Vacuous. n/t Orsino Aug 2016 #10
She is cray. nt auntpurl Aug 2016 #11
She does have a point (sort of) groundloop Aug 2016 #14
Cornel West chose well. What judgement! LexVegas Aug 2016 #16

OhioBlue

(5,126 posts)
4. I agree with her on this somewhat.
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 12:32 AM
Aug 2016

I do think too much "screen time" for young children impacts cognitive development and socialization. I also think we should study wireless more.

I don't think we should push fear about it but we would be negligent not to study and monitor its affects.

 

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)
12. WiFi is radio frequencies.
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 10:44 AM
Aug 2016

Just like cell phones, broadcast TV, and terrestrial radio.

It's been studied.

cheapdate

(3,811 posts)
5. Mobile phones use radio frequencies.
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 01:02 AM
Aug 2016

Radio broadcast has been around a long time. I think it's pretty safe.

groundloop

(11,527 posts)
14. She does have a point (sort of)
Tue Aug 2, 2016, 11:14 AM
Aug 2016

Kids should spend less time playing video games and more time outside riding bikes, playing sports, and just getting dirty. So in a roundabout way she's right (though I'm sure this isn't what she was talking about).

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