B.C. mother challenges safety of Wi-Fi in schools
By Lena Sin, Vancouver Province
May 9, 2009 9:01 PM
VANCOUVER — Una St. Clair-Moniz doesn’t want her children exposed all day to radiation emitted from wireless Internet networks used in schools.
The mother of two is among a group of Langley, B.C. parents calling for schools to err on the side of caution in the face of scientific studies that question the safety of Wi-Fi networks.
Langley is just southeast of Vancouver.
St. Clair-Moniz is now pushing for her children’s school, Langley Fine Arts School, to abandon its plans to install Wi-Fi, and stick to the old-fashioned way of using hard wires to access the Internet, instead.
“Parents are not being given any prior information of the potential risks, and they’re not being asked: Is this OK?” she said. “There’s no informed consent.”
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May 9, 2009 9:01 PM
VANCOUVER — Una St. Clair-Moniz doesn’t want her children exposed all day to radiation emitted from wireless Internet networks used in schools.
The mother of two is among a group of Langley, B.C. parents calling for schools to err on the side of caution in the face of scientific studies that question the safety of Wi-Fi networks.
Langley is just southeast of Vancouver.
St. Clair-Moniz is now pushing for her children’s school, Langley Fine Arts School, to abandon its plans to install Wi-Fi, and stick to the old-fashioned way of using hard wires to access the Internet, instead.
“Parents are not being given any prior information of the potential risks, and they’re not being asked: Is this OK?” she said. “There’s no informed consent.”
Read More...
http://www.canada.com/Health/mother+challenges+safety+schools/1581224/story.html
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi
Starmail - 10. Mai, 05:42
