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Wireless Internet networks are cropping up in coffee shops, campuses and even entire cities, and though you can't see or feel them, one man thinks they are dangerous. Frederick Gilbert, president of Lakehead University in Ontario, Canada, is concerned about the radio waves that wireless systems emit and has vetoed the idea of constructing a campuswide wireless Internet network. Like cell phones, radios and TV broadcasts, wireless networks use equipment that generate electromagnetic fields, which Gilbert said are hazardous. Penn currently offers wireless Internet access in several buildings and plans to install the service in all college houses by this...

Experts say it is extremely unlikely mobile phone radio waves could help children think more clearly.The claim had been made by David Butler, head of the National Confederation of Parent Teacher Associations. He told a meeting at the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth, hosted by the mobile phone company O2, heat from handsets could boost children's brains. The National Radiological Protection Board led the criticism of Mr Butler's claims, saying while handsets did have a tiny heating effect, it was unlikely to be of any benefit. The claims also contradict government advice, which says children should use mobiles as little...