Peter
Limbrick writes -
Extracts from Mail
Online 28th July 2008 –
“Mr Parkin, general secretary of Voice, formerly the Professional
Association of Teachers, believes a generation of children are
effectively 'guinea pigs in a large-scale experiment'.
Wi-fi systems use high frequency radio waves to transmit and receive
data over distances of several hundred feet. Users anywhere within
range can surf the internet without needing a cable connection.
A majority of schools have already introduced wi-fi – a typical
comprehensive has a network of at least ten transmitters.
Mr
Parkin, whose 38,000-strong union is holding its annual conference
in Daventry, Northamptonshire, this week, fears wi-fi radiation
damages children's developing nervous systems and wants an investigation
into long-term health risks. Philip Parkin said he is worried
about reports linking wireless technology with loss of concentration,
fatigue, reduced memory and headaches.”
I share
Mr. Parkin’s serious misgivings about
the rampant exposure of our children to this untested technology.
It is admittedly very convenient but at what cost to the next
generation? Replacing it with wired systems is not that difficult
and governments in other countries have advised that this should
be done. If I were a school governor I would be nervously awaiting
the first legal action by a family claiming Wi-Fi has damaged
their child.
Parents have responsibilities
too. Children are in school for only part of their day. At home
they might be further exposed to harmful radiation from nearby
masts and base stations, from cordless (DECT) phones and from
Wi-Fi laptops. It would not be unusual for a child to be exposed
to this radiation (untested remember) while eating, sleeping,
playing and working.
Research
shows that some people are immediately affected with symptoms
that have similarities with those of M.E. (Chronic
fatigue syndrome/M.E.). As doctors in the UK are more likely to
recognise M.E. than radiation sensitivity it seems possible to
me that some sick people could have a wrong diagnosis.
Any
person who suffers any symptoms that they suspect could be caused
by radiation would do well to remove themselves temporarily as
far as possible from masts, base stations, mobile phones, cordless
phones and Wi-Fi laptops for as long as possible and see if they
start to feel any better. If this does help some symptoms, the
websites below will give more advice – including staying in touch
with the doctor.
There are people (you will know some yourself) who complain of
a pain in the head or in the hand when using a mobile phone or
who suffer nausea or bodily pains when near Wi-Fi. It is then
a short step perhaps to M.E.-like symptoms after long exposure
– and we are subjecting our children to pro-longed exposure in
this unthinking technological gamble.
Those of us who are responsible for the next generation (and which
of us is not?) should get children away as far as possible from
radiation. The fact that we cannot see it or smell it does not
mean it is not there. And while it is there none of us knows exactly
what damage it is doing in both the short term and on a cumulative
basis in the long term.
Visit:
www.radiationresearch.org
www.bioinitiative.org
www.powerwatch.org.uk
www.mastsanity.org
www.safewireless.org
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