wi-fi banned in Germany

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Germany warns citizens to avoid using Wi-Fi

 

Environment Ministry's verdict on the health risks from wireless

technology puts the British government to shame.

 

By Geoffrey Lean

Published: 09 September 2007

 

People should avoid using Wi-Fi wherever possible because of the

risks it may pose to health, the German government has said.

 

Its surprise ruling - the most damning made by any government on the

fast-growing technology - will shake the industry and British

ministers, and vindicates the questions that The Independent on

Sunday has been raising over the past four months.

 

And Germany's official radiation protection body also advises its

citizens to use landlines instead of mobile phones, and warns

of " electrosmog " from a wide range of other everyday products, from

baby monitors to electric blankets.

 

The German government's ruling - which contrasts sharply with the

unquestioning promotion of the technology by British officials - was

made in response to a series of questions by Green members of the

Bundestag, Germany's parliament.

 

The Environment Ministry recommended that people should keep their

exposure to radiation from Wi-Fi " as low as possible " by

choosing " conventional wired connections " . It added that it

is " actively informing people about possibilities for reducing

personal exposure " .

 

Its actions will provide vital support for Sir William Stewart,

Britain's official health protection watchdog, who has produced two

reports calling for caution in using mobile phones and who has also

called for a review of the use of Wi-Fi in schools. His warnings

have so far been ignored by ministers and even played down by the

Health Protection Agency, which he chairs.

 

By contrast the agency's German equivalent - the Federal Office for

Radiation Protection - is leading the calls for caution.

 

 

Florian Emrich, for the office, says Wi-Fi should be

avoided " because people receive exposures from many sources and

because it is a new technology and all the research into its health

effects has not yet been carried out " .

 

 

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From Aurore at www.beyondnaturalmedicine.com

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Ummmm banned?????

 

Read the first sentence again.....

 

" People should avoid using Wi-Fi wherever possible

> because of the

> risks it may pose to health, the German government

> has said. "

 

They didnt make a law banning it.... just recommended

against using it....

 

The US also admitted it was never really intended for

home use....

 

 

--- Aurore <aurore33 wrote:

 

> Germany warns citizens to avoid using Wi-Fi

>

> Environment Ministry's verdict on the health risks

> from wireless

> technology puts the British government to shame.

>

> By Geoffrey Lean

> Published: 09 September 2007