If you’ve ever thought you were losing your mind, or are more forgetful than usual perhaps it is your LAN and not your imagination. Studies are popping up and causing heated debates over whether or not wireless network signals can cause various health problems with long-term exposure. The biggest problem facing those who wish to do away with wireless signals is the fact that the world at large is so addicted to the mobility and convenience such devices offer. For many it is worth the possible risk and, as they see it, limited evidence to prove serious complications actually exist.

One study claiming wireless signals can cause reduced function in the blood brain barrier that may allow viruses and other contaminating agents such as drugs or organisms otherwise prohibited from entering the brain via the bloodstream to pass. This could, as this theory suggest, create issues with memory, personality, and other mental difficulties.

In reality the true risks are pretty low. The average WiFi system in your home transmits a frequency similar to microwaves but at a much lower power. The turmoil concerning cell phone usage and possible side effects is much more likely to be a true concern than prolonged wireless network use and very few people are willing to throw away their iPhones either.

Wireless network signals are intermittent as well, and only have an active signal when actually performing a task so leaving a transmitter on when computers are not being used is of no consequence at all in regards to health risks, although it can affect your wallet in terms of electricity being used.

By and large the wireless technology that exists today has very few if any proven health risks even over years of continuous use. There is a much greater risk of health problems associated with long term microwave oven use than there is with wireless network devices or cell phones. In spite of the gloomy reports claiming wireless networks to be as detrimental as smoking to the public WiFi is still going strong in private homes, public facilities and other institutions and is not likely to stop.