Computer engineer backs father’s decision over Woodlands school wi-fi

Nov 19 2009 by Lyndsay Young, Ormskirk Advertiser

A COMPUTER engineer has backed a Lydiate father’s decision to take his child out of school after Wi-Fi laptops were installed.

Phil Hughes, of Church Lane, feared his daughter Serena’s health would be risked if she was exposed to emissions from the 50 new wireless laptops.

And IT expert Ron Baxter of Rowan Lane in Skelmersdale claims Wi-Fi in schools CAN cause problems for children.

Phil, 58, and his wife Rosa decided to remove her from Woodlands Primary School in Formby.

Ron, whose clients include Asda, said: “Many medical experts now claim that radiation from wireless Wi-Fi routers can cause health problems, particularly for children.

“Professor Leif Salford of Lund University Sweden is concerned about children being affected because, he says, they are more vulnerable as their skulls are thinner and their nervous systems are still developing.”

In 2007 government adviserSir William Stewart, chairman of the UK’s Health Protection Agency, called for a review of Wi-Fi at schools.