Is Wi-Fi Bad For Your Health? October 15, 2007
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Wi-Fi is a blessing for remote working but is it bad for your health? This is what the UK government is setting out to find out through the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
The HPA is about to conduct even more research into whether or not low-power electromagnetic fields are messing with your insides. Now that mobile phones have been found to be safe – at least until the next survey – Wi-Fi is next on the list. According to Professor Pat Troop, Chief Executive of the Health Protection Agency:
“There is no scientific evidence to date that WiFi and WLANs adversely affect the health of the general population. The signals are very low power, typically 0.1 watt (100 milliwatts) in both the computer and the router (access point) and the results so far show exposures are well within ICNIRP guidelines.
Given this, there is no particular reason why schools and others should not continue to use WiFi or other wireless networks. However there has not been extensive research into what people's exposures actually are to this new technology and that is why we are initiating this new programme of research and analyses. We have good scientific reasons to expect the results to be re-assuring and we will publish our findings.”
The results will be published – probably early next year - on the HPA site.-Martin Lynch
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Comments
definitely bad for your health, no doubt about it. But theres not much you can do to avoid it
I wouldn't be surprised.
All I can say is, I hope they are safe or I'm in big trouble !!! Barbara
Are walkie talkies and FM radios bad for your health? There's your answer
But isn't Wi-Fi just radio waves? So surely sitting next to a router is just like sitting next to a radio. Not like sitting next to a mobile phone where it emits microwaves, now that would be bad for you.
yes. I agree that WIFI is bad for our health, in fact, it can really cause cancer....
in your butt...imagine how many hours we sit staring at our computer everyday...its enough to cause serious medical attention...