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January 28, 2024
The world-wide trend to getting mobile phones out of schools is growing.
Last month, governments in Sweden and Russia announced t...
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July 24, 2023
Netherlands
The Dutch government recently announced plans to ban digital devices from classrooms from 1 January 2024 to improve lear...
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The US state of New Hampshire has published a report recommending precautions to protect people and the environment from wireless radiation.The...
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When it comes to WiFi, are we exposed to more radiation from routers in schools or in homes? This is what electrical engineer and Director of Powerwatch has to say: (a) The school routers that I have measured have not been worse (i.e. more powerful) than home routers per se. There are also often many of them (1 to 3 routers per classroom or hall are common) which increases the RF power density.
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Following a lawsuit against a school for exposing a student to wireless radiation, Ashland District has become the first in the US to introduce guidelines for reducing students’ exposure to wireless radiation. On August 25, the District implemented ‘Best Practices for Mobile Devices’, which states: Turn off the device when not in use. Turn wifi On only when needed.
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A US education authority has agreed to accommodate a teacher with electro- magnetic hypersensitivity (EHS). Anura Lawson, a secondary teacher at Johnnie Cochran Middle School, appealed to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to be able to teach in a WiFi- free classroom. On 28 May Ms Lawson told a hearing of the LAUSD that, after the WiFi was turned on at school, she collapsed and was rushed to hospital for surgery and her students suffered from nose and ear and ear bleeds.
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Carmarthenshire County Council in Wales has voted to draw up a code of practice on the use of WiFi in schools. The council admitted to being “very concerned” about potential effects.
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UK Education Secretary, David Blunkett, has sent guidelines to every school in England to discourage the use of mobile phones by children. The letter states, “Children aged 15 and under ... are likely to be more vulnerable to any unrecognised health risks from mobile phone use than are adults because their nervous systems are still developing. Also, because of their smaller heads, thinner skulls and higher tissue conductivity, children may absorb more energy from a mobile phone than do adul...
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