Are Wifi Radio Waves Safe?

WiFi and Your Health

We understand that our customers may have concerns around the impacts of WiFi on their health. This is a matter we take very seriously and have conducted extensive research among independent bodies to provide the following statement:

According to the ‘Wi-fi radio waves and health’ guidance published by Public Health England on the www.gov.uk website:

“There is no consistent evidence to date that exposure to RF signals from wi-fi and WLANs adversely affect the health of the general population.

The signals from wi-fi are very low power, typically 0.1 watt (100 milliwatts), in both the computer and the mast (or router) and resulting exposures should be well within internationally-accepted guidelines.

The frequencies used are broadly the same as those from other RF applications.

Based on current knowledge, RF exposures from wi-fi are likely to be lower than those from mobile phones.

On the basis of current scientific information, exposures from wi-fi equipment satisfy international guidelines. There is no consistent evidence of health effects from RF exposures below guideline levels and no reason why schools and others should not use wi-fi equipment.”

‘RF applications’ (Radio Frequency applications) include FM Radios and televisions.

Public Health England (PHE) released a further publication in February 2020 ‘Radio waves: reducing exposure from mobile phones’, and it states:

Further details can be found in the following UK government publication on the matter – Electromagnetic fields (gov.uk), and statement from the World Health Organisation – Electromagnetic fields and public health (WHO.int).

The above information is recognised internationally and ASK4 are satisfied that there is no risk higher than the use of a mobile phone on individual health.

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