Safety of wi-fi networks at schools under the spotlight

CONCERNS have been expressed about the safety of wireless broadband networks in hundreds of schools following an investigation by BBC’s Panorama team.

About one in 10 of the country’s 3,300 primary schools uses wireless systems to link computers to their broadband service, which has been provided to most schools in the country in the past few years.

The programme found that the peak signal radiation from a wireless enabled laptop computer in a school is more than three times that of a mobile phone mast. The chairman of Britain’s Health Protection Agency, Sir William Stewart who previously headed the country’s review of phone mast safety, has called for a review of wi-fi technology.