UK government to investigate whether all those radiowaves are a bad thing.
The government has confirmed it will be revisiting a study to conclude whether wireless networks have any detrimental health effects, which presumably could have implications for related - and more powerful - technologies such as WiMax etc.The Health Protection Agency announced recently that it plans to investigate how wireless networks are being used and aim to establish the average levels of low level radiation emitted by Wi-Fi access points.
Professor Pat Troop, chief executive of the agency, said there has been "no scientific evidence to date" to conclude that Wi-Fi access points could have any effect on the health of those within range.
"Given this, there is no particular reason why schools and others should not continue to use Wi-Fi or other wireless networks," said Prof Troop, speaking to bbc.co.uk.
However, the proposed study aims to pinpoint an average baseline level of exposure to low level radiation.
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