Wi-fi articles

Articles/media coverage on wi-fi campaign:

 

Blog post: "Wi-fi in schools: a ticking time bomb?", 11 May 2010

 

"Parents to remove children from Formby school after Wi-Fi goes ahead": Formby Times, 28 October 2009

 

"Teachers call for school wi-fi ban": Children & Young People Now, 15 September 2009

 

Cellphones and Brain Tumors: 15 Reasons for Concern, Science, Spin and the Truth Behind Interphone (EM Radiation Research Trust), August 2009 (endorsed by Philip Parkin)

 

"Wi-fi: continuing concerns", SecEd, 21 May 2009

 

"Philip Parkin speaks up against WiFi", The Healthy House, 18 May 2009

 

"Philip Parkin speakes up against WiFi", Scribd, May 2009

 

"Philip Parkin speakes up against WiFi", Powerwatch, 18 May 2009

 

ePolitix interview with Philip Parkin, 8 May 2009

 

"Wi-fi: a ticking time bomb?": SecEd, 4 December 2008

 

"Pupils’ health being put at risk by wi-fi internet in schools": Daily Mail, 28 July 2008

 

"Suspend wi-fi in schools, says union chief": Daily Mail, 28 July 2008

 

"Wireless internet should be banned from schools": Daily Telegraph, 28 July 2008"

 

"Whitewash fears over wi-fi study": SecEd, 25 October 2007

 

"Government accuse wi-fi deceptions": Western Mail, 16 October 2007


"Wi-fi health study gets go ahead": BBC News Online, 13 October 2007 

 

"Schools ’should wait for official report’ before installing Wi-Fi": Independent, 13 October 2007

 

"Wireless computer network risks to be investigated": The Guardian, 13 October 2007

 

"Wi-fi health study gets go ahead": Trend News Agency, Azerbaijan, 13 October 2007

 

"Inquiry into health risks of wi-fi in classrooms": Daily Telegraph, 13 October 2007
 

Health Protection Agency announces further research into use of WiFi (12 October 2007)

 

"Child safety fears prompt Wi-Fi code for Welsh schools": Independent on Sunday, 23 September 2007

 

"Free Plaid laptops will not be for wi-fi": Western Mail, 18 September 2007

 

"Concerns prompt action over wi-fi":  Western Mail, 15 September 2007

 

"Should we worry about wi-fi?": TES Magazine, 31 August 2007

 

General Secretary’s speech to PAT Annual Conference 2007 and notes  Media Coverage

 

"Wi-Fi backlash: Councils urge caution on networks in schools": Independent in Sunday, 15 July 2007" 

 

"The great wireless debate is raging": Early Years Educator, July 2007 (pdf)

 

Article in PAT Journal, July 2007 (pdf)

 

"Wireless Internet spreading across Europe": All America, 10 July 2007

 

"Wi-Fi Health Threat to be examined by School Chiefs": TechShout!, India, 25 May 2007

 

"WiFi health effects must be investigated": SecEd, 24 May 2007

 

BBC One: PanoramaMonday 21 May 2007, 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm: "WiFi - A Warning Signal":

Watch Panorama: Wi-Fi: A Warning Signal  Transcript

 

"Radiation warning on school computers": Dundee Courier and Advertiser, 22 May 2007 

 

"Are Wi-Fi Networks Safe For Schools?": Raising Kids, 21 May 2007

 

"Wi-Fi health fears to be examined": Web User, 21 May 2007

 

"Fears over computers in classroom": Manchester Evening News, 21 May 2007

 

"The classroom ’cancer risk’ of wi-fi internet", Daily Mail, 21 May 2007

 

"Wi-Fi risks in schools ’must be reviewed", Daily Telegraph, 21 May 2007

 

BBC Radio 5 Live, Richard Bacon, 21 May 2007: item on Panorama programme on wi-fi (audio, approx. 10.45 am)

 

BBC Radio 5 Live, Breakfast, 21 May 2007: item on Panorama prog on wi-fi (audio clip, approx. 12 mins in)

 

BBC Radio Derby, Breakfast, 21 May 2007: item on wi-fi (audio clip, 08.15 am) (available 1 week after broadcast)

 

"Schools in Wi-Fi health warning": Metro, 21 May 2007

 

"Schools in wi-fi health warning", Eastern Daily Press, 21 May 2007

 

"Families’ fears over city Wi-Fi": Norwich Evening News, 30 April 2007

 

"Scientists demand inquiry over Wi-Fi": Independent on Sunday, 29 April 2007"   

 

"Expert Warns Children Against Wi-Fi Laptop Use", Newswire New Zealand, 28 April 2007  

 

"Schools’ Wi-Fi daze": IT Week, 27 April 2007 

 

Item on wi-fi, BBC World Service World Today, 25 April 2007 (audio clip from www.buergerwelle.de site on "electrosmog")

 

"Wi-Fi scare in UK schools": Computing, 25 April 2007

 

"Wi-fi laptops ’pose health risk to children’": The Times, 28 April 2007

 

"Warning on wi-fi health risk to children": Daily Telegraph, 28 April 2007

 

Interview with General Secretary Philip Parkin on wi-fi, Teachers’ TV News, Friday 27 April 2007

 

"Warning Over School Wi-Fi Systems": Sky News, 27 April 2007

 

Interview with member Michael Bevingtoni, Thames Valley Tonight, ITV Meridian, 23 April 2007 (video)

 

"Teachers want wi-fi risk research ": BBC News online, 23 April 2007

 

"Wi-fi? Why worry?": BBC News Online, 24 April 2007  

 

General Secretary Philip Parkin interviewed about wi-fi, BBC Radio Derby, 5.06pm, Monday 23 April 2007 (audio clip available for one week after broadcast)

 

Interview General Secretary Philip Parkin on wi-fi, Today, BBC Radio 4, 07.15, 23 April 2007 (audio clip)

 

"Wireless worries": Glasgow Daily Record, 23 April 2007

 

"Teachers voice fears of Wi-Fi health risk": Daily Telegraph, 23 April 2007

 

"Wifi internet ’poses a health risk for children’": Daily Mail, 23 April 2007

 

"Wifi internet ’poses a health risk for children’": London Evening Standard, 22 April 2007

 

"Wi-Fi: Children at risk from ’electronic smog’": Independent on Sunday, 22 April 2007

 

"Danger on airwaves: Is the Wi-Fi revolution a health time bomb?": Independent on Sunday,  22 April 2007

 

Leading article: "Hi-tech horrors": Independent on Sunday, 22 April 2007

 

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