Parents Sue School Over Son’s ‘WiFi Allergy’

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30. The Fay Schools's response to the lawsuit.

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In 2014, the parents of a Fay student indicated that they believed their child’s health was being negatively affected by our Wi-Fi network. Since we take all student health issues seriously, we addressed the concerns raised by the parents in this instance as we would any other parental concern.

As part of our ongoing commitment to ensuring the health, safety, and wellbeing of all members of the Fay campus community, the School sought a professional, objective assessment to ensure that our campus complies with all federal and state regulations regarding exposure to ambient radio frequency energy (RFE). To conduct this assessment, we engaged the services of Isotrope, LLC, which specializes in measurement and analysis of radio communication signals and evaluation of emissions safety compliance. Isotrope was one of the firms recommended as an expert source by the parents who raised the concern.

Isotrope’s assessment, completed in January 2015, measured levels of the entire radio frequency at once, as well as levels at locations where individual emissions were strongest, most of which were Wi-Fi access points located in buildings on campus. Isotrope found that the combined levels of access point emissions, broadcast radio and television signals, and other RFE emissions on campus comply with federal and state safety limits by a wide margin. Their report stated that “levels of Access Point emissions, inside the School and on the grounds, were substantially less than one ten-thousandth (1/10,000th) of the applicable safety limits (federal and state).”

The Isotrope report further concluded that “RFE emissions measured on Site were substantially below the applicable safety limits. Moreover, even if the more restrictive safety limits adopted in certain countries, such as Italy, were applied, the RFE emissions at the School would still be compliant by a substantial margin.” This conclusion was consistent with Fay’s prior assessments of the safety of our wireless infrastructure, and it re-affirmed the safety of our campus.

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