How Dangerous Is Wi-Fi to Your Health?

Should you design a system with a WAP near a baby’s crib or in a child’s room?



Is Wi-Fi dangerous to your health? At this point, the jury is still out on that debate, but are the risks so great that you are unwilling to have a wireless local area network (WLAN) deployed in your home? I don’t think so.

The debate got more heated last month when a major teachers’ union in Britain called for a full-scale government study addressing the possible health risks of Wi-Fi due to the increasing pervasiveness of the technology. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) is calling for the elimination of Wi-Fi networks in schools until it is proven to not cause a threat to children’s health. Wi-Fi networks are currently in half of all Britain’s elementary schools and 75 percent of secondary schools, according to an article in the Walsall Advertiser.

Human exposure to low-level radiation has been a topic of debate for quite awhile, led by the opponents of cell phones.

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