Editing Wi-Fi (section)

== Health concerns ==
{{Further|Wireless device radiation and health}}

The [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) says, "no health effects are expected from exposure to RF fields from base stations and wireless networks", but notes that they promote research into effects from other RF sources.<ref>{{cite web
 |url         =https://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs304/en/
 |title       = Electromagnetic fields and public health – Base stations and wireless technologies
 |date        = 2006
 |publisher   = [[World Health Organization]]
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160522225458/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs304/en/
 |archive-date = 22 May 2016
 |url-status  = dead
 |access-date  = 28 May 2016
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.iarc.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/pr208_E.pdf
 |title       = IARC Classifies Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields as Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans
 |date        = 31 May 2011
 |publisher   = [[International Agency for Research on Cancer]]
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120404203349/http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2011/pdfs/pr208_E.pdf
 |archive-date = 4 April 2012
 |url-status  = live
 |access-date  = 28 May 2016
}}</ref> (a category used when "a causal association is considered credible, but when chance, bias or confounding cannot be ruled out with reasonable confidence"),<ref>
{{cite web
 |url         =https://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs193/en
 |title       = Electromagnetic Fields and Public Health: Mobile Phones
 |date        = October 2014
 |access-date  = 28 May 2016
 |publisher   = [[World Health Organization]]
 |url-status  = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160525183100/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs193/en/
 |archive-date = 25 May 2016
}}</ref> this classification was based on risks associated with wireless phone use rather than Wi-Fi networks.

The United Kingdom's [[Health Protection Agency]] reported in 2007 that exposure to Wi-Fi for a year results in the "same amount of radiation from a 20-minute mobile phone call".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6677051.stm|title=Q&A: Wi-fi health concerns|date=21 May 2007|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=28 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421152005/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6677051.stm|archive-date=21 April 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

A review of studies involving 725 people who claimed [[electromagnetic hypersensitivity]], "...suggests that 'electromagnetic hypersensitivity' is unrelated to the presence of an EMF, although more research into this phenomenon is required."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Rubin|first1=G.|last2=Das Munshi|first2=Jayati|last3=Wessely|first3=Simon|date=1 March 2005|title=Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: A Systematic Review of Provocation Studies|journal=[[Psychosomatic Medicine (journal)|Psychosomatic Medicine]]|volume=67|issue=2|pages=224–232|citeseerx=10.1.1.543.1328|doi=10.1097/01.psy.0000155664.13300.64|pmid=15784787|s2cid=13826364 }}</ref>