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Originally Posted by jrhnewark

Firstly, please don't worry about EMR (electromagnetic radiation). It is everywhere, your young son or daughter will be exposed to it all the time - most of us under a certain age will have been, especially in a country as densely populated as this.

The type of EMR associated with wi-fi is non-ionising, "e.g. the radiation isnââ‚Âà ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t capable of separating and differently affecting positive and negative ions or of producing ions where they werenââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t there before".

Like mobile phones, another broadcast/receive type technology (unlike TV/radio, which is only receive), this EMR can have a heating effect on cells. The problem with these things that broadcast around our bodies is that the immediate power of the signals is that much greater than, say, a mobile phone tower a mile away!

To quote an acquaintance of mine at another forum, "some forms of EMR can and do alter the genes and chromosomes in the body - mostly in the blood - and the effect is cumulative rather than regenerative. The gross long-term effect is certainly carcinogenic. Thatââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s the bit Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m frightened of.".

This is a man who makes his living from EMR. Something to think about.

All the same, it's not like I'm stopping using my 'phone and wi-fi. However, do consider that mobile phones are next to your brain and wi-fi enabled laptops are near your dangly bits... something your girlfriend/wife might have an opinion on!

I don't feel the same as Patrick, it seems. I'm a risk-taker, quite clearly!

Even if it's non-ionising it can still do damage.

Wifi operates on a frequency of 2.4 GHz although less powerful that is the same kind of range as a microwave oven... which can cook food.