DJ Steve Miller claims that he is allergic to Wifi. Being caught near a Wifi connection causes him agonizing pain. From the
Daily Mail:
The condition, known as electromagnetic sensitivity, affects two per cent of the population, and this is set to grow as more people opt for wireless internet signals. Steve navigates normal daily chores with the help of a ‘wi-fi detector’ which spots areas he should avoid. But the sensitivity has made moving house a real mission for Steve, who has needed to avoid homes close to a connection. He said: ‘I can’t live within 50 yards of anyone. I wouldn’t be able to stand it feeling ill in my own house. In his current home, in a remote area of Cornwall, he is shielded from the ‘electrosmog’ by sturdy 18-inch walls.
There are a growing number of people who complain that they're allergic to WiFi. Last year there were
reports of a group of "electro-sensitive people" trying to stop the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico from creating a wireless internet network, claiming it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Ian Douglas, of the Telegraph, explains
why no one is allergic to Wifi:
Wifi consists of electromagnetic waves, just like light or radio waves, with a frequency of 2.4GHz, giving it a wavelength of around 12.5cm. There is some variation but not enough of a range to make any difference. 2.4GHz is on the long end of microwave, getting close to radio, rather similar to mobile phone signals. It transmits at much lower power than a mobile phone mast, so even if those signals were harmful, Wifi would be less so.
Mr Miller makes no mention of mobile phones, he is only bothered by Wifi. If it is electromagnetic radiation in general he’s sensitive to, he’s in real trouble as radio waves and visible light flood our atmosphere every minute of every day.
However, there is one group that is well known to have an extreme sensitivity to electromagnetic waves such as light: Vampires! Intriguingly, Steve Miller's stagename is "Afterlife." So I'm betting he's a vampire.
Comments
I like what one reader wrote in response - "Show me a double blind test and I'll believe it".
"I've posted a comment on the Mail site..."
Let's watch the fireworks, shall we?
http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/07/31/1528241/Wi-Fi-Allergy-a-PR-Stunt?art_pos=2
I speak of course, of cell phone elbow. Makes sense, doesn't it? You have your arm crooked for long periods of time, move only yr. thumb muscles typing text messages...people get tennis elbow, makes sense they would pick up cell phone elbow. Obviously, being poisoned or affected by WiFi transmissions is bunk - if he were around a satellite TV or the tiniest of AM/FM radios he'd be on the floor if WiFi really could do anything to him.
"A number of studies have been conducted where [electromagnetic hypersensitivity] individuals were exposed to [electromagnetic fields] similar to those that they attributed to the cause of their symptoms. The aim was to elicit symptoms under controlled laboratory conditions," the organization says. "The majority of studies indicate that EHS individuals cannot detect EMF exposure any more accurately than non-EHS individuals. Well controlled and conducted double-blind studies have shown that symptoms were not correlated with EMF exposure."
from your viewers. Try taking on your own insensitive nature instead of rousing the ignorant with mere emotional dismissive rhetoric.
Wi-fi operates on a frequency which affects everyone's biology, at the cellular level. It interrupts intercellular communication and over time, will cause tumors, and disease. The testing done by the organizations responsible for unleashing this on the consumers was entirely in favor of selling them and not protecting humans. The fact that most people cannot feel anything has absolutely nothing to do with its apparent safety.
That logic didn't work well on the first few thousand people who were working (without feeling a thing) with asbestos.
What an idiot. It's people like you who keep others in harms way by virtue of having a little audience for your little capacity to connect the dots.
opponents in this.