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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".

http://environment.independent.co.uk/lifestyle/article2944417.ece

[dogshed]

Some of the German ideas about health are as hokey as fan death.

[bassexpander]

Dude, you've posted this in 2 forums.

[Big_Bird]

It's amusing, when you consider that in Germany there are roads with no speed limit. Hardly legislative concern for safety there. And it made me chuckle when my brother's German girlfriend would request that I smuggle in 'Lemsip' when I travelled from the UK, because things like Lemsip and Red Bull were outlawed in Deutchland. I remember visiting Austria with some Germans and they went crazy buying Red Bull, haha. They couldn't wait to try this new illicit substance.

Having said that, I do secretly wish my government gave more of a stuff about health and safety. Mad Cow's desease might never have occurred if we'd been more like the Germans.

And seeing as they're taking this so seriously, I might give more thought to avoiding exposure, especially with regard to my 2 lovely little lads.

[Kuros]

[Big_Bird]

[Masta_Don]

[Kuros]

[atomic42]

[cbclark4]

The wheel is responsible for deaths worldwide!

[igotthisguitar]

[Juregen]

[JMO]

Where is the proof that Wi-fi is damgerous?

really this is as ridiculous as putting health warnings on fans. people are always afraid of the new.

[igotthisguitar]

[JMO]