Is it true that radiation from Wi-Fi can trigger child cancer?

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In this digital age, people can hardly escape from an Internet connection. Therefore, at this time you can easily get a wireless internet connection (Wi-Fi). Wherever you go, you will almost certainly find a Wi-Fi signal. Whether it's in office buildings, campuses, restaurants, cafes, or public spaces such as parks, stations, and airports. You can also install a Wi-Fi transmitter at home or bring a portable Wi-Fi device while traveling.

Because Wi-Fi is around you and your family every day, anxiety arises about safety and its side effects for humans. A study in Saudi Arabia published in the Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure states that Wi-Fi radiation risks triggering cancer in children. According to the study, children are more vulnerable to radiation hazards than adults. However, a number of researchers and other health experts are still debating conclusions drawn from the study. Then which one is right? Is Wi-Fi radiation able to increase the risk of cancer, especially in children? Check out the answer below.

Radiation from Wi-Fi

Before discussing the health risks of Wi-Fi radiation, you need to understand what type of radiation is produced by Wi-Fi devices. Every electronic device, including those that can emit Wi-Fi signals, will produce electromagnetic radiation. This radiation is a combination of electric fields and magnetic fields. To measure the amount of radiation produced, researchers used a low to high frequency range.

Wi-Fi and risk of childhood cancer

The emergence of research that states that children are more vulnerable to Wi-Fi radiation is certainly troubling the public. However, you don't need to worry. Wi-Fi radiation does not trigger cancerboth for adults and children alike. The World Health Organization (WHO) on its official website confirmed that there was no connection between Wi-Fi radiation and the risk of cancer, especially in children. The WHO statement is also supported by experts and scientists around the world.

According to the Head of the American Cancer Society Medical Staff, Dr. Otis Brawley, found many disabilities in research that claims that Wi-Fi radiation can cause childhood cancer. The study did not randomly select study participants. Instead of choosing randomly, the authors only choose certain cases that indicate the possible adverse effects of Wi-Fi radiation on children's health. Meanwhile, the author did not heed cases where Wi-Fi radiation did not show any connection with cancer or the health of children and adults.

A Physics expert from Drexel University in the United States further explained that Wi-Fi radiation has different properties from gamma rays produced by nuclear power or ultraviolet (UV) light. Radiation produced by gamma rays and UV light can cause DNA changes or genetic mutations in the human body. Genetic mutations can trigger the growth of cancer cells. Meanwhile, Wi-Fi radiation emitted by electromagnetic waves cannot cause genetic mutations, both in adults and children. That means Wi-Fi radiation is not carcinogenic or causes cancer.

WHO also initiated a special investigation that succeeded in proving that in various cases where children with cancer often access or are near Wi-Fi devices, there is no similarity in the nature or type of cancer suffered. This shows that these children have cancer because of other risk factors, not because of Wi-Fi radiation.

So is Wi-Fi radiation safe?

Electromagnetic radiation from Wi-Fi devices that are used everyday is safe for you and your family. The only side effect of electromagnetic radiation for health that has been scientifically proven is the rise in body temperature by about one degree Celsius. However, this is only possible if you are in a factory or an industrial facility that operates to transmit signals at very high frequencies. The farther from the transmitter source, the less electromagnetic waves you receive.

In addition, the frequency produced by Wi-Fi radiation in offices, homes, or in public places is very low. So low, the radiation has no effect for you and your family. Also keep in mind that electromagnetic radiation is produced by your other household devices such as ovens, cordless phones, home bells, and cellular phones. The manufacturers of these devices, including the manufacturers of your Wi-Fi devices, have special standards recommended by experts and medical personnel in regulating the frequency and level of radiation that is safe for humans. So, you can breathe freely now.

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