Wireless technology made me sick
23.11.06 London Evening Standard It is the hi-tech tool that has revolutionised home and office alike - but a growing band of campaigners claim wi-fi is a major threat to health. Sufferers say the electro-magnetic waves emitted by wireless computer networks - wi-fi - leave them feeling exhausted, nauseous and sleepless. Author Kate Figes, spent hundreds of pounds installing wireless internet in her Stoke Newington home, then found it made her so ill she had to scrap it. Ms Figes, 49, claims she is so sensitive to wi-fi's electro-magnetic waves she can instantly tell whether it is installed in a particular room. This comes days after campaigners called for parents to remove the system from their homes to prevent harming their children's health. Ms Figes said: "The day we installed wi-fi two years ago was the day I started to feel ill. At first I could not work out what the problem was. I had no idea why I felt so sick and run-down. But I knew that when I walked through the front door it felt like walking into a cloud of poison. "Imagine being prodded all over your body by 1,000 fingers. That is what I felt when I walked into the house... Then I started to think it might be the wi-fi, so we scrapped it - and I felt better." She added: "Most people I've spoken are really dismissive, but I don't think they've considered the long-term impact of this technology." The mother-of-two is just one of many people who contacted campaigning group ElectroSensitivityUK about their fears over the harmful effects of wi-fi. A spokesman for the group said: "We've been inundated by calls from people who know this is affecting them, but in many cases are wary of speaking out. The telecommunications companies pour scorn, but none of them has been able to prove wi-fi is safe." But Chris Guy, head of Reading University's School of Systems Engineering said: "The amount of power emitted by wi-fi devices is about a tenth of that given out by mobile phones. It is very, very unlikely that it is harmful because the power levels are so low. I just do not believe wi-fi is damaging people's health." |
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thanks, Andrew On Nov 23, 2006, at 5:36 PM, Chris wrote: > Wireless technology made me sick > 23.11.06 > London Evening Standard > > It is the hi-tech tool that has revolutionised home and office alike - > but a > growing band of campaigners claim wi-fi is a major threat to health. > > Sufferers say the electro-magnetic waves emitted by wireless computer > networks - wi-fi - leave them feeling exhausted, nauseous and > sleepless. > > > > Author Kate Figes, spent hundreds of pounds installing wireless > internet in > her Stoke Newington home, then found it made her so ill she had to > scrap it. > > Ms Figes, 49, claims she is so sensitive to wi-fi's electro-magnetic > waves > she can instantly tell whether it is installed in a particular room. > > This comes days after campaigners called for parents to remove the > system > from their homes to prevent harming their children's health. > > Ms Figes said: "The day we installed wi-fi two years ago was the day I > started to feel ill. At first I could not work out what the problem > was. I > had no idea why I felt so sick and run-down. But I knew that when I > walked > through the front door it felt like walking into a cloud of poison. > > "Imagine being prodded all over your body by 1,000 fingers. That is > what I > felt when I walked into the house... Then I started to think it might > be the > wi-fi, so we scrapped it - and I felt better." > > She added: "Most people I've spoken are really dismissive, but I don't > think > they've considered the long-term impact of this technology." The > mother-of-two is just one of many people who contacted campaigning > group > ElectroSensitivityUK about their fears over the harmful effects of > wi-fi. > > A spokesman for the group said: "We've been inundated by calls from > people > who know this is affecting them, but in many cases are wary of > speaking out. > The telecommunications companies pour scorn, but none of them has been > able > to prove wi-fi is safe." > > But Chris Guy, head of Reading University's School of Systems > Engineering > said: "The amount of power emitted by wi-fi devices is about a tenth > of that > given out by mobile phones. It is very, very unlikely that it is > harmful > because the power levels are so low. I just do not believe wi-fi is > damaging > people's health." > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > |
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Andrew McAfee wrote:
> Can you forward the link to this article please? Here's a link: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23375600-details/Wireless+technology+made+me+sick/article.do Check out the reader comments about this article... they're not only unsympathetic... they're downright hostile! Marc |
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