April 28th, 2007
Woman: "I'm allergic to Wi-Fi"; now wears tinfoil facial net as protection
Today's London Daily Mail runs the account of a 51 year-old woman who claims extreme and incapacitating sensitiviith to Wi-Fi networks and mobile phones as well.
In fact, she sometimes wears facial protection worthy of a beekeeper.
We're talking abou Sarah Dacre, 51.
"Wi-Fi, or wireless broadband networks, seem to be the worst thing," she tells the London Daily Mail's Victoria Moore.
"Closely followed by mobile phones - particularly if they're being used in an enclosed space - the base stations of cordless telephones and mobile phone masts," adds Moore.
"I have to restrict the amount of time I spend on the computer or watching television, and make sure I don't have too many household appliances on at once, because that sets me off as well."
Sarah doesn't appear to be a flake. She's been a banker and television producer.
"Now, I have no income because I can't work and I have no choice but to devote all my energies to fighting to find out more about my allergies," she says.
Russell Shaw is an enterprise computing journalist, analyst and author based in Portland, Oregon. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
