Thursday, January 29, 2015 marks the start of “wifi free” in nurseries and day care centers. After a two-year marathon and multiple amendments, Parliament definitively adopted a Law proposition environmentalist supervising exposure to electromagnetic waves.
The text prohibits the installation of devices equipped with wireless internet access in spaces intended for the reception, rest and activities of children under three years of age, in other words in nurseries and nurseries. daycare. However, the administrative parts of these establishments are not concerned, which means that children will still be weakly exposed to the surrounding wifi networks.
At the Assembly, the various left-wing parties voted for, the UDI abstained and the UMP voted against. However, wifi will not be prohibited in nursery and elementary schools, because, according to the government, this would constitute “a considerable anxiety-inducing signal to families, most of whom receive many wifi signals in their homes which they generally do not control. source of emission. In addition, such a ban would also be “a real brake on the development of digital technology in primary schools at a time when it is a priority for the President of the Republic”, added the government. In these classes, the Wireless will simply have to be deactivated outside of “digital educational activities.” “
A necessary precaution for a more vulnerable age group
“Everyone will understand that, given their particular sensitivity to electromagnetic fields, young children should be kept away from the source of emission, especially since, due to their size, they are likely to have their heads particularly close to them. ‘a box’, can we read in the report of the environmentalist deputy Laurence Abeille, main author of this bill relating to “sobriety, transparency, information and consultation in matters of exposure to electromagnetic waves. “
“While it is accepted by the scientific community that the penetration of electromagnetic radiation into the brain is much greater in childhood than in adulthood, as a consequence of the smaller size of the skull, but also of greater permeability of the child’s head, these provisions seem to make good sense, ”added the elected representative. During the first parliamentary discussions on the text, it was admitted that if the exposure to wifi waves is low, it is continuous. In 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) classified electromagnetic waves as “potentially carcinogenic”.
The association Priartém (To bring together, inform and act on the risks associated with electromagnetic technologies) criticizes for its part “the blows of the plane” suffered by the proposed law during these two years. It still welcomes the text as “a first step in the recognition by law of the need to regulate the development of mobile telephony and all wireless applications.” “
The text also provides for a consultation and information procedure when setting uprelay antennas, and banned advertising for phones portable sold without headset. It also asks the government to provide a report on electro-hypersensitivity in the coming year.
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