Laptops can affect children's health

Professor Lawrie Challis, head of the UK's cell phone safety research division, warned parents not to let children use laptops on their thighs to access the internet because of the term. Potential harm that radiation caused by wifi wireless networks can cause to your health.

Professor Challis explained that while waiting for the results of further research on the subject, parents need to monitor and advise children to keep away from the antenna used in laptops. wifi technology.

According to him, notebook computers are different from desktop computers, the type of device that the source can be about 20 cm from the user's feet and the radiation exposure area is only about 1% of the mobile phone wave. dynamic. If the laptop is placed on the lap when using wifi, the user's body may be only 2 cm away from the transmitter and the exposed area will be equivalent to the amount of radiation emitted by a mobile phone.

Professor Challis said the health risks of using wifi laptops will be greater in children because they are more sensitive than adults when exposed to some harmful radiation, such as ultraviolet ray. These radiation, in addition to being able to heat body tissues, can also affect the brain and nervous system.