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Warning: 2% of Population Has ‘Wi-Fi Allergy’



You don’t have to start wearing a stethoscope, but there is an important medical question every integrator needs to start asking when design a client's system: Does anyone in the home suffer from allergies to electromagnetic signals?

According to the Western Morning News, 2 percent of the world’s population suffers from “Wi-Fi allergy” or Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity.

The symptoms are headaches that are so bad that sufferers must avoid public spaces. The allergy is more prevalent among professional DJs.

And I thought my headaches were from the bad music being played at those clubs?

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Jason Knott, Editor, CE Pro
Jason has covered low-voltage electronics as an editor since 1990. He joined EH Publishing in 2000, and before that served as publisher and editor of Security Sales, a leading magazine for the security industry. He served as chairman of the Security Industry Association’s Education Committee from 2000-2004 and sat on the board of that association from 1998-2002. He is also a former board member of the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation. He is currently a member of the CEDIA Education Action Team for Electronic Systems Business. Jason graduated from the University of Southern California.

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