Wi-Fi and health: review of current status of research.

Abstract:

:This review summarizes the current state of research on possible health effects of Wi-Fi (a commercial name for IEEE 802.11-compliant wireless networking). In response to public concerns about health effects of Wi-Fi and wireless networks and calls by government agencies for research on possible health and safety issues with the technology, a considerable amount of technology-specific research has been completed. A series of high quality engineering studies have provided a good, but not complete, understanding of the levels of radiofrequency (RF) exposure to individuals from Wi-Fi. The limited number of technology-specific bioeffects studies done to date are very mixed in terms of quality and outcome. Unequivocally, the RF exposures from Wi-Fi and wireless networks are far below U.S. and international exposure limits for RF energy. While several studies report biological effects due to Wi-Fi-type exposures, technical limitations prevent drawing conclusions from them about possible health risks of the technology. The review concludes with suggestions for future research on the topic.

journal_name

Health Phys

journal_title

Health physics

authors

Foster KR,Moulder JE

doi

10.1097/HP.0b013e31829b49bb

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-12-01 00:00:00

pages

561-75

issue

6

eissn

0017-9078

issn

1538-5159

pii

00004032-201312000-00019

journal_volume

105

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