Marine Richards, a french woman, was given about $700 a month disability based on her allergy to Wifi and any other technology that creates an electromagnetic field. So cell phones and TV’s and laptops and microwaves and metal plumbing (yes, they have a current) and power lines can cause symptoms relating to electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity, or the allergy to electromagnetic fields, is claimed to have increased in the digital age. More and more cases emerge as multiple cell phone and wifi towers are propped up all over. A survey of occupational medical centres estimated the commonness to be a few people per million in the population.
EHS prompts nervous system related symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, stress, sleep disturbances, skin irritations and other health problems according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) definition.
A collection of studies conducted by the WHO have been done on individuals with EHS. In these tests, the individuals who claim to have EHS and people who don’t have the ailment were both blasted with electromagnetic fields, or EMF, to see who (if any) reacted to the exposure.
The experiments were double-blind, meaning the researchers combated bias by eliminating the knowledge of who had EHS and who was “normal.” Neither the patients nor the researchers knew who received the placebo version of EMF (nothing, but air conditioned air) or waves.
The WHO concluded that EHS can be characterized by a gamut of non-specific symptoms that are specific to the individual. The symptoms are real and can be quite severe. There is no scientific basis to link EHS with electromagnetic field exposure.
Richards claims she had to run to a secluded barn with no electricity to escape the discomfort she felt daily in the city; a forced recluse.
