{"id":168519,"date":"2010-01-11T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5445632"},"modified":"2010-01-11T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T03:20:00","slug":"man-sues-neighbor-becomes-homeless-over-wifi-allergies-wifi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/168519","title":{"rendered":"Man Sues Neighbor, Becomes Homeless Over Wifi &#8220;Allergies&#8221; [WiFi]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawker.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/01\/500x_tinfoil_hat.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/>I&#8217;ve heard of people making claims about <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Electromagnetic_hypersensitivity\">&#8220;electromagnetic allergies,&#8221;<\/a> but so far, no one has been able to prove that this is an actual, physical ailment. Still, Santa Fe resident Arthur Firstenberg was forced into homelessness by his neighbor&#8217;s gadgets.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Firstenberg is suing his neighbor for refusing to turn off their cellphone, wifi, computers and other electronics:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Firstenberg &#8220;cannot stay in a hotel, because hotels and motels all employ wi-fi connections, which trigger a severe illness,&#8221; says the request for a preliminary injunction. &#8220;If (Firstenberg) cannot obtain preliminary relief, he will be forced to continue to sleep in his car, enduring winter cold and discomfort, until this case can be heard.&#8221; The case has been assigned to state District Judge Daniel Sanchez, who has yet to set a hearing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m not saying that this guy isn&#8217;t suffering and that <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #wifiallergies\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/wifiallergies\/\">wifi allergies<\/a> aren&#8217;t real (I&#8217;m only insinuating that it isn&#8217;t real&mdash;big difference), but it&#8217;s some bullshit to tell a neighbor that they can&#8217;t have any electronics working in their own home. Wear a tinfoil hat or get some damn electromagnetic field-blocking paint. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmcnet.com\/usubmit\/2010\/01\/08\/4565735.htm\">TMC<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dslreports.com\/shownews\/Santa-Fe-WiFi-Fears-Keep-Getting-Weirder-106308\">DSL Reports<\/a> Image via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/sharynmorrow\/957977603\/\">Flickr<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=7674a891061ad7dc1c73eff7488fc921&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=7674a891061ad7dc1c73eff7488fc921&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cnBhtceMY5__GO5j9eEepZ681Hs\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cnBhtceMY5__GO5j9eEepZ681Hs\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cnBhtceMY5__GO5j9eEepZ681Hs\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cnBhtceMY5__GO5j9eEepZ681Hs\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=9use_OuVxC4:lmfSV-2aJoE:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=9use_OuVxC4:lmfSV-2aJoE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=9use_OuVxC4:lmfSV-2aJoE:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=9use_OuVxC4:lmfSV-2aJoE:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=9use_OuVxC4:lmfSV-2aJoE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=9use_OuVxC4:lmfSV-2aJoE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/9use_OuVxC4\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve heard of people making claims about &#8220;electromagnetic allergies,&#8221; but so far, no one has been able to prove that this is an actual, physical ailment. Still, Santa Fe resident Arthur Firstenberg was forced into homelessness by his neighbor&#8217;s gadgets. In fact, Firstenberg is suing his neighbor for refusing to turn off their cellphone, wifi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}