The UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) will be looking into the effects of prolonged exposure to the radio frequency radiation emitted by wireless modems and cellular phones.
OK, who called it? First diet soda then cellphones. I’m sure someone bet on WiFi being the next one on the chop? I got dibs on toothpaste being next. All that foaming at the mouth can’t be good for you.
BBC’s Panorama ran a story back in May covering the possible health risks of the technology. The British Government’s stance, at that time, was that WiFi signals were harmless. It seems they’re now reconsidering that rather quick dismissal.
As outfits like Google explore the possibility of launching WiFi services city-wide in some of the Western World’s largest metropolises, the HPA’s findings will be no small import.
With cellphones one has the option of simply not using but in densely populated cities, with many web users unwired, you have little control over the direction a nearby WiFi antenna points.
Even if the study proves inconclusive and a ban isn’t put in place, WiFi could become the new cigarette, threatening second-hand radiation and making business models like T-Mobile’s Hotspot and O2’s The Cloud commercially inviable. It could also impact nearly every office building, Starbucks and apartment block near you.
Keep your eye on this as it develops.
…said the boy working an Airport and a new Bluetooth keyboard.
Aaa ooo I’m melting!