The potentialharmful effect of Wi-Fi radiation will
come under scrutiny in a BBC Panoramaprogramme tonight.
The BBC found that radiation levels from Wi-Fi in one school was
up to three times the level of mobile phone mast radiation. Schools
are increasingly installing Wi-Fi networks to aid learning.
While the readings were 600 times below the government's
radiation safety limits, the programme is expected to fuel the
debate over
potential risks of Wi-Fi - particularly among young children
who could be under greater risk.
In the Panorama programme, the measured Wi-Fi signal strength in
a classroom at a Norwich school was three times higher than the
main beam of radiation intensity from a mobile phone mast.
The UK Health Protection Agency has recommended that the beam of
greatest intensity from any phone mast should not fall on any part
of school grounds, unless the school and parents have agreed to
it.
The
Panorama programme is broadcast at 8.30pm
tonight on BBC1 (21 May 2007).
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