City sneezes at WiFi allergy claims, goes ahead with hotspots
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Late last month, we covered the goings on in Santa Fe, NM, and their plans to introduce free WiFi in a number of public buildings. As you may recall, those plans were being challenged by a group of cranky citizens who claimed that the plan constituted discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as they suffered from an alleged sensitivity to electromagnetic radio frequency emissions. Santa Fe’s city council has spoken, and it seems they think the complaint is a spurious as the rest of us.
Santa Fe’s city council voted unanimously to go ahead with the plan to provide free WiFi hotspots around the city in libraries and other public buildings, and rejected a motion to leave city hall uncovered by the plan.
Arthur Firstenberg, leader of the group who claim to be allergic to wireless emissions, calls the decisions both a “disaster” and also invites “a lawsuit.” On the other hand, Frank Katz, the city attorney appointed to investigate whether Mr Firstenberg’s claims held water, came to the conclusion that such a legal challenge would be without merit.
Instead of telling people allergic to WiFi that there’s no such thing as “electromagnetic hypersensitivity”, we should tell them that it exists and can be cured with aromatherapy candles.