Monday, May 21, 2007 - 12:42 GMT
http://news.bbc .co.uk/hi/spanish/science/newsid_6676000/6676299.stm Potential risk of WiFi world
BBC Science
not enough is known about the possible health effects
of WiFi technology.
& nbsp; That's the warning from the president of the Health Protection Agency
Britain.
According to William Stewart, who led the research
British government on the health effects of mobile phones,
we have the same attitude we take precaution against the latter.
WiFi technology, English
Wireless Fidelity or wireless fidelity, offers the possibility of fast connections through
radio signals, and requires no cables or plugs.
&; Nbsp; The frequency of mobile phones, phone towers
mobile and WiFi networks emit radiation.
An investigation by the BBC program "Panorama"
the
found that radiation levels in a classroom of a school in England
were three times higher than levels radiation emitted by a
cellular tower.
Experts say, however, that even these levels are
that
living below the limits considered safe in this country
.
p; "I think not," he says, "I would limit its exposure to such radiation
because it is better to be cautious."
http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/05/21/um/m-01423224.htm
16: 57 | A study warns of risks from the use of technology
WiFi
According to a BBC investigation, the radio waves emitted by this
transmission system are three times more powerful than those issued by the
cell phones and is not yet clear whether they can cause damage. Some countries have already adopted measures
precautOrias. Trends
The Health Protection Agency warned that Britain is not
know enough about the possible effects of WiFi technology could have
health. According to research conducted by the BBC,
radio waves emitted by the transmission system are three times more powerful
that given off by cell phones.
commercial Increasingly, universities and homes adopt the system
WiFi Wireless ("Wireless Fidelity", "wireless fidelity" in English
).
In Britain, they use nearly 50% of primary schools and 70% CHTM
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that the younger and can cause adverse effects on
they installed WiFi networks in schools.
Sir William was previously scientific advisor to the government, and has submitted two requests
official to warn of the dangers of mobile phones
.
fears that WiFi networks could cause cancer and premature senility.
Several governments in different provinces of Europe are
eliminating or limiting the use of WiFi in the classroom.
No study has managed to link effects
wireless networks in the wards, but these networks
emit radiation similar to the
senility.
Wi-Fi - described by the Department of Education and Skills as a
\erse health effects\well here May Be A reckoning. Evidence is Beginning to
accumulate
That They emit the radiation causes cancer and so May Damage
the brains of today's young people That They Become
senile while still in the prime of life
. Two official reports by Sir William Stewart - chairman
official of the Health Protection Agency and to form
Government chief scientist -
Have Warned Against the Dangers, only to Be Effectively
Ignored by the Government. The Measure I
Were Proposed moderate and sensible, pero
Were Treated with contempt
unforgivable. I wanted Ministers to Circulate a leaflet detailing
The Potential Dangers to Every Home; They restricted distribution so
much
that it was hard to get. He asked for information on the widely varying
radiation levels of different phones to be put on the handsets and the
packaging, so that customers could choose to buy low-radiation models
for
themselves or their children; ministers pledged to do so, and broke
their
promise. He recommended that erecting mobile phone masts near schools
should
be banned unless parents agreed; the Government simply refused. Above all, he insisted that children should be discouraged from using mobiles and that
industry should be stopped from promoting them to the young; nothing
happened and their use became almost universal.
CHTarticularly on Our Children. We are surrounding ourselves
with an ever-thickening like the electronic soup of living cells
Which Have Not Encountered DURING
Their billions of years of evolution. Of course, all
May Be well, We May Be immune to Any ill-effects. But There Is Evidence
Accumulating enough to make it seem unlikely That We Will Be
so lucky. As we Exclusively
Reported last week, Other members of the animal kingdom
-
bees - May Be even more affected.
We Need to stop and think. Officially Be Weshould
monitoring the effects on the Children
we expose to the radiation in classrooms. We Also Need
Another official inquiry - as authoritative as the Stewart reports on mobile
phones - before the technology is deployed further. And this time,
ministers
must implement what it recommends.
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