A moratorium on

Wi-Fi

at the Paris III Sorbonne University

http://www.europe1.fr/Decouverte/Tendances/Nouvelles-technologies/Le-wifi-en-sursis-dans-plusieurs-bibliotheques-parisiennes/(gid)/222874 The wifi in relief in several libraries in Paris Created 13/05/09 - Last updated at19h16A moratorium on the terminals wifi was announced at the Paris III SorbonneUniversity at the last meeting of the health and safety. A decision which is in fulldebate on the harmfulness of the airwaves. The decision concerns theBibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Sainte-Barbe, of Oriental Languages andDocumentation Center of the Faculty of Censier. At the last meeting of its Healthand Safety Committee, the Paris III Sorbonne University announced it hadimplemented a moratorium to suspend the wireless terminals that operate in theseplaces and which allow access to wireless internet.Since the launch on 23 April of Grenelle meeting on waves, on base stations andmobile phones, the wireless terminal is increasingly often on the scene while thesubject was not addressed. Hérouville the municipality of Saint-Clair in Calvadosalso decided to cut the wifi in schools by the end of the year."The health problem (posed by wireless terminals NDLR) is similar to that posedby mobile phones," says Stephen Cendrier, spokesman for the Association Robinroofs. Libraries in Paris, several employees have complained about and problemswith memory or language problems, nausea, vomiting or dizziness. And havequestioned the wifi.Scientists are still on this issue more carefully. Hours for Martine, a medicalepidemiologist at the National Institute for Research on Transport and Safety, ingeneral, "explains the relatively low wifi" and essentially "when there are manytransfers of data." The mayor of Paris had launched a study in several libraries in2007. The measures indicated levels of electromagnetic waves of 80 to 400 timeslower than the reference level the lowest.Informant: Sarah Dacre[http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=electromagnetic http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Wi-Fi http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=nausea http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=dizziness