A court in Francehas ruledthat a woman can claim a disability leeway   for an illness , which   she claim is cause by picture to electromagnetic radiation from man - made sources . sleep with aselectromagnetic hypersensitivity(EHS ) , no scientific evidence exist for the term describe by the charwoman . She will have € 800 ( $ 900 , £ 590 )   a calendar month for three yr .

EHS martyr are supposedly made sick by signal from fluid sound , Wi - Fi routers and other gadgets . symptom let in concern and nausea . Marine Richard , 39 , said her consideration had forced her to move to a remote b in south - west France to avoid signals from such equipment . It ’s not clear how she deals with the constant flow of electromagnetic radiation from Earth itself , and the Sun , while living in her remote location .

Richard called the opinion a “ breakthrough ” and her lawyer , Alice Terrasse , toldThe Timesit   could allow “ thousands of people ” to make similar claims in court .

However , it should be stressed that the royal court in Toulouse did not recognise   EHS as an actual unwellness . It only accepted that Richard ’s symptoms , whatever the cause , keep   her from ferment and   awarded a disability allowance to ponder that . Most experts intend that EHS is due to the “ nocebo ” effect , where just sleep with that a Wi - Fi signal is present makes multitude think they should be feeling unwell .

legion study have been deport out , includingdouble - blind trials , where supposed sufferers of EHS are asked to say when they can “ sense ” the mien of a Wi - Fi signaling in a room . None has ever shown any grounds for EHS as described by Richard .

While the World Health Organisation does number EHS as a condition , it does not suggest electromagnetic radiation is the cause , leaving the room access open to the nocebo theory . “ EHS has no clean diagnostic criteria and there is no scientific basis to link EHS symptoms to EMF [ Electromagnetic Field ] exposure , ” it compose on itswebsite .

Public Health Englandagrees , say of EHS : “ There is no consistent scientific evidence of sore or specific pathophysiological marking . ”