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Wireless technology can threaten the health of people and especially children
Last reviewed: 30.06.2025
The Council of Europe believes that wireless technologies can pose a threat to people's health, especially children's.
Wireless technologies include mobile phones, wireless Internet access technologies (WI-FI), child monitoring systems, and others. The committee's report notes that we should not step on the same rake (as happened with asbestos, smoking, and lead in gasoline) and neglect the dangers of wireless technologies.
Some scientists believe that there is no basis for such measures, and that the radiation level from wireless technologies is many times lower than the permissible standards. However, do the current standards really take into account all the effects of electromagnetic radiation?
Currently, electromagnetic impact standards are determined by thermal radiation. When an electromagnetic wave impacts the body tissue, the energy is converted into thermal energy.
The amount of heat emitted is used to judge the impact on the body. However, this is hardly enough for an assessment. After all, the effects of radiation can manifest themselves at the cellular, molecular or more subtle level. Moreover, these can be significant changes. Current standards do not take this into account at all.
With children having thinner skull bones, radiation poses a greater risk to children during the process of developing nerve tissue. Therefore, children should use mobile phones or wireless technologies only when necessary, and not talk for long periods of time.
After a wave of parental protest against Wi-Fi hotspots in the UK, schools have banned wireless technology. Afterwards, parents say their children's health has improved.