The use of Wi-Fi and mobile phones in Europe may limit

European Internet users are obliged to European commissioners for a number of fairly sound decisions in the field of IT-technologies, which, if they are not decisive, still played a role - just recall Microsoft’s requirement to provide a browser choice in its operating system only under pressure from the European Union. However, the new initiative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) seems to be more than ambiguous, not only because it is trying to eliminate such a fairly common phenomenon as wireless networks from the everyday life of Europeans, but because, in fact, there is demagogy without any competent evidence.


So, PACE has published a document entitled “The potential fields of the electromagnetic fields” ( pdf ). It directly states that Wi-Fi and mobile phone signals are “more or less potentially harmful” (more or less potentially harmful) to people and other beings. It is curious that no evidence is given to this assertion, but it is only noted that the use of wireless networks can lead to serious economic losses due to their impact on health, just as it happened with asbestos-containing building materials, ethylated (with the addition of lead ) gasoline and ... cigarettes. Due to this circumstance, the document proposes to create special zones free from the influence of electromagnetic radiation, which should include hospitals, schools and some other places. A separate question is how these zones should be created: in clause 8.2. It is directly proposed to install certain protective screens (preventive thresholds) to reduce the radiation level to the required measure. And, as a logical conclusion, it is recommended to organize new research in the field of technology and telecommunications, the use of which would not have an impact on biological organisms.
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Discussion of the document is scheduled for May 27.

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