'Wi-fi technology can give children cancer'.Byline: ANI London, Apr 9 (ANI): Use of wireless internet in schools could cause cancer or make pupils sterile later in life, warn UK teachers. Government investigation has been called for into the biological and thermal effects of "wi-fi" networks by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) is a trade union, teachers union and professional association, affiliated to the Trades Union Congress, in the United Kingdom representing educators from nursery and primary education to further education. (ATL (Active Template Library) A set of software routines from Microsoft that provide the basic framework for creating ActiveX and COM objects. Stemming from the standard template library (STL) that comes with C++ compilers, ATL includes an object wizard that sets up ). However, health experts said there was no evidence the technology had any detrimental effect, reports The Scotsman. Colin Kenney, of Cookstown High School Cookstown High School is a combined High School and Grammar School in Northern Ireland. It is one of the largest in the area, falling within the Southern Education and Library Board area. Site The school is situated on the Coolnafranky site on the outskirts of Cookstown. , in Northern Ireland, who called for the investigation, said that international experts had called for caution when using wi-fi technology. He asked: "Have we the moral right to ignore the warnings - simply for access to a few more computers - and are our pupils going to thank us in the years to come if they have become sterile or suffer from cancer brought on by, or exacerbated by, exposure to wi-fi? "Perhaps they will just be eternally grateful that we enabled them to finish their presentation for geography." Kenney has demanded long-term safety studies until it could be proved that the technology was safe. He added: "As teachers, we may have to wait a little longer for the new ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. (information and communication technology) suite to become available, but at least we will be safeguarding health." However, Dr Michael Clark, scientific spokesman for the Health Protection Agency (HPA (1) (High Performance Addressing) Refers to a variety of earlier addressing techniques that improved the quality of a passive matrix (LCD) screen. (2) (High Power A ) said: "On the basis of research so far, there is no hard evidence of any ill health effects from wi-fi. "The signals are very low, in fact there is more wattage coming from the battery." (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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