Kids' brains at risk from wireless internet

EXPERTS have called for internet-connected mobile phones and wireless laptop computers to be banned in schools.

A major new study has found cancer-causing electromagnetic radiation generated by wireless gadgets - including baby monitors and cordless phones - may be harmful for children's developing brain, reports the Herald Sun.

The influential Council of Europe examined evidence that wireless technologies had "potentially harmful" effects on humans and found that immediate action was required to protect children.

The respected body's findings contrast sharply with advice from the World Health Organisation that exposure to electromagnetic fields posed little or no risk to human health.

Glen Iris mother of three Donna Latter Jones said the news was a concern given our wireless world.

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