EU watchdog: urgent action on WiFi

EU watchdog European Environment Agency (EEA) calling for immediate action to reduce exposure to radiation from Wi-Fi, mobile phones and their masts because delay could lead to a health crisis similar to ...

Dispelling the Wi Fi Myths

5 common microwave radiation and Wi Fi exposure myths dispelled by well- reasoned argument of Alasdair Philips and Powerwatch, supported by scientific references.

Federal Gov't warns against WLAN

German Federal Government [Bundesregierung] recommends that the use of WLAN in the workplace or at home should be avoided, if possible, in order to reduce personal radiation exposure.

Health Fears - UK schools remove WiFi

Health Fears and Teacher illnesses lead concerned parents and schools in the UK to remove wireless computer networks.  Report in The Times, November 2006.

Wi Fi Outline

A clear outline of WiFi - General exposure levels, Scientific Evidence, IT practicalities and Information resources with references by Alasdair Philips and Powerwatch.

Salzburg Health advisory against WLAN

The Salzburg, Austria Department of Health advisory to schools and kindergartens to avoid Wi Fi and WLAN and DECT phones because of pulsed microwave radiation they emit that some people seem very sensitive to.

Worried families ditch Wi Fi

Schools and families are rushing to remove WiFi systems after the Government's chief health protection watchdog voiced concerns over their safety.  "a lot of funny symptoms" suffered with Wi Fi in operation.

WiFi and Health Concerns

Analytical Review by Andy Davidson,  h.e.s.e. Project, UK.  We do know very clearly from very substantial research, that body tissues do respond to electromagnetic fields at very low levels indeed.  Great care must be taken to avoid risk from long-term exposure.

Hi-tech horrors - a cautionary note

Sir William Stewart airs concerns on rapid spread of WiFi that expose people involuntarily to constant radiation - surrounding us with an ever-thickening electronic soup the like of which living cells have not encountered during billions of years of evolution. Evidence is accumulating that we are not immune to ill-effects.

WiFi networks 3x higher than cell masts

BBC’s investigative programme Panorama claims that wifi networks in schools can give off three times as much signal radiation as phone masts. Sir William Stewart, chairman of UK Health Protection Agency calls for review of health risks.

Dr Olle Johansson, Karolinska Institute in Sweden, found biological effects from radiation similar to or lower than WiFi.

Children at risk from 'electronic smog

Britain's top health protection watchdog is pressing for a formal investigation into the hazards of using wireless communication networks in schools amid mounting concern that they may be damaging children's health. Stowe School has partially removed it after a teacher became ill. Several EU provincial governments have already taken action to ban, or limit, its use in schools.

Wi-Fi revolution a health time bomb

Experts have serious concerns about the effects of electronic smog from wireless networks linking our laptops and mobiles. A worrying incidence of symptoms - headaches, fatigue, nausea, dizziness and memory problems.  Some suggestion that there may be an increase in cancers and heart disease.

Concern about safety of WiFi mounting

Wireless transmitters could be less than benign. Emissions from wireless networks are very similar to those from mobile phone base stations in terms of frequency and signal modulation. Some blame everything from headaches to cancer on exposure to radio-frequency fields.

How Wireless LANs affected me

Personal story from UK medical doctor. Out of the blue I developed a disruption to my heart rhythm, disturbance to my sleep, waking in the early hours and tightness of my upper chest. I linked the onset of my symptoms to our acquisition of a laptop with a wireless modem.