Wi-Fi waves can harm children

Scientists worry that Wi-Fi transmitters can cause bad symptoms in children, such as headaches, dizziness, and insomnia.

A Wi-Fi transmitter in the UK.Photo: BBC

Digital Journal reported that students at Mountain View Primary School in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada suffered from headaches. Parents found that the high-capacity Wi-Fi system in the school could be the culprit. They asked the school to replace it with a lower-capacity system, and the system must be turned off when there is no user of the computer. However, their request was not made.

'Symptoms such as headache, dizziness, insomnia, heart palpitations have been recorded in 14 schools in Simcoe County, Ontario province since people installed Wi-Fi transmitters in the classroom' , Digital. The Journal quoted Susan Clarke, a researcher at Harvard Medical University, USA.

Parents have reason to worry. A report by the US Naval Medical Research Institute shows that powerful broadcast systems can cause many negative phenomena on the human body such as changes in body temperature, menstrual cycle, kidney function and speed. blood circulation.

Ms. Clarke was not the first to warn about the impact of Wi-Fi transmitters in the classroom. The People's Initiative once affirmed that children who are frequently present in an environment with electromagnetic radiation are at higher risk of illness than others because their immune systems are weakened.

The Guardian newspaper reported, the British government has asked the Health Protection Department to investigate broadcasting systems for computers. Investigators will explore the impact of wireless signals on students in the classroom for two years.

Dr. Gerd Oberfeld, director of the Environmental Health Agency of Salzburg, Austria, also said that Wi-Fi waves are dangerous.

'Wi-Fi in school is a weak microwave form. With a microwave, just close the lid so that the wave is locked in the oven. But in schools, waves are released into the environment , 'said Dr. Magda Havas, an expert at Trent University, Canada.