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Title: Wi-fi 'should be banned in schools' - Graeme Paton, Telegraph Post by: Stephen Taylor on August 08, 2007, 09:38:13 AM Wi-fi 'should be banned in schools' - Graeme Paton, Telegraph
Wireless internet use in schools should be suspended amid fears million of children may be exposed to a risk of cancer, teachers have said. Around 70 per cent of primary schools and 81 per cent of secondaries already have wireless technology Until it can be proved the technology is safe, pupils are being used as "guinea pigs in a large-scale experiment", according to the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT). The comments follow claims – disputed by officials - that "wi-fi" networks give off three times as much radiation as a typical mobile phone mast. Official guidance already says that masts should not be built near schools because of the possible link to cancer. Now teachers say the same rules should be extended to wi-fi use in the classroom. Read More.. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/01/nwifi101.xml) |