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Wi-Fi bad for your health?
Posted by: eusty on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 07:10 AM
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The Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) has written to the education
secretary, Alan Johnson, to seek an immediate investigation into the
possible health effects of Wi-Fi networks on students.
According to the PAT, networks within schools are one of the reasons that
pupils are behaving badly and suffering from bad health, not social deprivation
and bad diets as commonly thought. Other side effects which have been mentioned
are cancer and premature senility
Around 80 percent of secondary and 50 percent of primary schools have Wi-Fi
networks installed within their premises, but as nearly all children are
subjected to stronger electromagnetic fields in the form of mobile phones,
measuring the effect of lower radiation wireless networks could prove difficult.
"I am concerned that so many wireless networks are being
installed in schools and colleges without any understanding of the
possible long-term consequences."
"The proliferation of wireless networks could be having serious
implications for the health of some staff and pupils without the
cause being recognised. I am not saying there is a danger, but I
have enough concern to ask for it to be investigated." |
| Philip Parkin General Secretary PAT |
And what about the dangers of Bluetooth.....
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