BBC NEWS Panorama program Wi-Fi: a warning signal
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Britain is in the grip of a Wi-Fi revolution with offices, homes and classrooms going wireless - but there is concern the technology could carry health risks. The Government insists Wi-Fi is safe, but a Panorama investigation shows that radio frequency radiation levels in some schools are up to three times the level found in the main beam of intensity from mobile phone masts. There have been no studies on the health effects of Wi-Fi equipment, but thousands on mobile phones and masts. In the last 18 months another two million of us in the Entire cities have become what are known as wireless hotspots. Precautionary approach In 2000, Sir William Stewart, now chairman of the Health Protection Agency, headed the government's inquiry into the safety of mobile phone masts and health. He felt the scientific research was sufficient to apply a precautionary approach when sitting masts near schools.
During that same year, the government sold off the 3G licences for £22.5bn. But what about Wi-Fi? The technology is similar to mobile phone masts and in use in 70 per cent of secondary schools and 50 per cent of primary schools. To read the full article from BBC NEWS: Click here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/programmes/panorama/6674675.stm |