After it was announced last month about the dangers of Wi-Fi in school new research has been released that says it is not dangerous – this reminds me of the mobile phone debate! Panorama found that radiation levels from wi-fi in one school
was up to three times the level of mobile phone mast radiation. The readings were however still 600 times below the government’s safety limits.
Sir William Stewart, chairman of the Health Protection Agency, has said there
needs to be a review of wi-fi. In the programme he said that there was evidence that low-level radiation – from
devices like mobile phones and wi-fi – did cause adverse health effects but some experts in the scientific community have disagreed with this.
As John Dunford from the Association of School and College Leaders says, “Schools can’t afford to delay while the scientists make up their minds.”
Here are a few links to to the debate. Feel free to add any more in the comments.
- BBC – Panorama Programme
- BBC – Wi-Fi fears unproven
- Guardian – Scientists reject Wi-Fi radiation risks
- Engadget – Wi-Fi is / is not dangerous (interesting comments here)
