The mother of a teen who committed suicide after suffering from what she calls a rare allergy to Wi-Fi is accusing her daughter’s school of failing to protect her.

 

Jenny Fry, 15, was found hanging from a tree near her home in the U.K. last June. Her story is now coming to light because of a legal investigation into the cause of Jenny’s death.

 

Her mother, Debra Fry, told the Mirror that Jenny suffered from blinding headaches, fatigue, concentration problems, and bladder issues that she says were caused by electro-hypersensitivity syndrome (EHS), a condition in which electromagnetic radiation emitted from wireless technology, including Wi-Fi, cellphones, and cell towers, causes debilitating physical symptoms.

 

Although Jenny’s parents had removed Wi-Fi from their home, which helped, it was still present at her school. “Both Jenny and I were fine at home, but Jenny continued to be ill at school in certain areas,” said Fry.

 

Jenny received several detentions in school, not for being disruptive in class, but because she’d often have to leave the classroom to find an area away from Wi-Fi where she could concentrate.

 

Fry had shared information about Wi-Fi’s potential problems with the head teacher of Jenny’s school, Simon Duffy, but according to Fry, Duffy told her there was an equal amount of information that shows Wi-Fi is harmless.

 

“I also had a heated exchange with teachers telling them Jenny was allergic to Wi-Fi, and that it made no sense making her take detentions in rooms that were making her ill,” said Fry. “The least they could do was allow her to take them in rooms where she felt able to concentrate, but they wouldn’t listen.”

 

Fry believes Jenny’s suicide attempt was meant to be a cry for help. A police statement said that on the day Jenny died, she had texted a friend twice, telling the friend about her intentions to commit suicide and stating where she was, according to the Mirror. But her friend didn’t have her phone with her to see the texts in time.

 

“Jenny left letters for us where she said she couldn’t cope with her allergies from Wi-Fi anymore,” Fry told the Telegraph. “She left them for us in case things went too far, but I don’t believe she wanted to die.”

 

Fry is facing an uphill battle since EHS is not universally recognized as a medical diagnosis. A 2005 report from the World Health Organization (WHO) found that well-controlled, double-blind studies have shown that EHS symptoms did not correlate with exposure to electromagnetic fields. Still, WHO concluded: “The symptoms are certainly real and can vary widely in their severity. Whatever its cause, EHS can be a disabling problem for the affected individual.”

 

Arthur Firstenberg, a leading anti-electromagnetic health activist, admits that EHS is not a simple subject, but that it’s not taken seriously enough by the medical community. Firstenberg believes there are genuine health issues stemming from the escalation of wireless technology, and that schools have a responsibility to keep children safe. “Imagine if this was a toxic chemical, and the school suddenly decided to spray the chemical throughout the school just because other schools were doing it,” Firstenberg told Yahoo Parenting. “Don’t people have a responsibility for what they do, regardless of whether others are doing it too?”

 

“Just because Wi-Fi is new and all around us doesn’t mean it is safe,” Fry told the Telegraph. “Wi-Fi and children do not mix. Much more research needs to be done into this because I believe that Wi-Fi killed my daughter.”

 

Jenny’s parents are now trying to raise awareness about the dangers of Wi-Fi. Fry added, “I am not against a bit of technology, but I do feel schools should be aware that some children are going to be sensitive to it and reduce its use.”

Interesting to say the least.

 

Lots of questions.

 

Could she have been home schooled?

Did the school have a responsibility to her to provide her with a learning space?

Was there a doctor who diagnosed her?

 

Regardless, it's very sad. I just can't imagine the pain someone is going through that would lead them to ending their life.

Very interesting.

 

How many places would have been off limits for this young lady if she couldn't be around wi-fi? Seems like she would have to have been a hermit to survive.

Very interesting.

 

How many places would have been off limits for this young lady if she couldn't be around wi-fi? Seems like she would have to have been a hermit to survive.

 

I was thinking the same thing. She couldn't fly since most airports have Wi-Fi. There would be entire regions of the country where she could not live because those areas have municipal Wi-Fi.

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“I fully believe Jenny did not intend to take her own life,” her mom said.

 

At the inquest on Nov. 19, the coroner said he could not conclusively say the young teen meant to kill herself. He did not attribute her death to electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome either, as there are no medical documents to prove it, according to the Oxford Mail.

 

Fry left a suicide note.

 

“I am insignificant, an insignificant number on someone’s screen and so is my life, a tiny blip in the whole existence of the universe,” she wrote. “And I find it hard to be hopeful when I can hardly enjoy anything anymore.”

 

 

From the text in the OP it sure looks like that's what she intended to do. Very strange situation and probably some mental issues at play here. Horrible situation.

Very interesting.

 

How many places would have been off limits for this young lady if she couldn't be around wi-fi? Seems like she would have to have been a hermit to survive.

Cars have Wifi, phones have wifi, everything has wifi now.

Sad situation, I agree, but someone answer me this one:

 

If she was allergic to Wi-Fi, which includes cell phones, why did she 1) have a cell phone and 2) text her friend twice on the day she commited suicide ?

Sad situation, I agree, but someone answer me this one:

 

If she was allergic to Wi-Fi, which includes cell phones, why did she 1) have a cell phone and 2) text her friend twice on the day she commited suicide ?

 

That's the first thing I thought reading that article too. Maybe if you have it turned off on your phone it doesn't emit what was causing her the problems?

 

Sucks to say, but I don't know how you don't home school someone with this. I don't see how you can expect for the school to provide a safe learning environment for this one.

This is one of the strangest, saddest things I've read in a long time.

 

A hyper-sensitivity to Wi-fi that made being around it uncomfortable... my gosh where would you go?

This is one of the strangest, saddest things I've read in a long time.

 

A hyper-sensitivity to Wi-fi that made being around it uncomfortable... my gosh where would you go?

 

Come to my house. Hell, mine goes out all the time.

Come to my house. Hell, mine goes out all the time.

 

...so you have Cincinnati Bell too ?

Reminds me a little of James Patterson's book, The Zoo, and how we don't really know what we are affecting with all this technology.

Sounds like someone had been watching too much "Better Call Saul".

I'm really trying to look at this as objectively as possible, but there are zero reputable claims that this conditions actually exists. This is obviously an extremely sad situation for Jenny Fry and her family and I'm not claiming that she was making this up or her parents were over dramatic or anything of the sort, but she should have been treated for something by a doctor. It didn't mention in the article who diagnosed Jenny Fry, but from what I gathered, no doctor would diagnose her with this condition because it isn't recognized by the WHO, so it appears to me that her parents did research on the internet and self diagnosed her. This is equal to one of us going to WebMD and typing in our symptoms and coming to the conclusion that we have some ultra rare disease. I am clearly not a doctor or anything of the sort, but IMO (which probably amounts to very little on this subject) this girl was failed by her actual doctors, phsychologists, or whoever she went to for a diagnoses or treatment. There is probably a much more probable cause to the girls migraines than Wi-Fi. I would like to hear from a reputable source that this condition exists, before we start claiming it as a real issue. Just my 2 cents.

I'm sorry, but I'm having issues with this.