A teenage schoolgirl found hanging from a tree was reportedly allergic to WiFi at school, according to an Oxfordshire inquest.
Mirror UK reports 15-year-old Jenny Fry was claimed to be suffering from symptoms of electrohypersensitivity (EHS) such as intense headaches, bladder problems and tiredness due to wireless internet connections at Chipping Norton School.
According to Jenny's mother, Debra, the student's struggle with WiFi allergies prompted her to hang herself from a tree at Brooke Woods --- located near her Chadlington, Oxon home.
Jenny's body was found on June 11 at 4:20 PM, just hours after she texted a friend she wasn't going to school.
"She was receiving lots of detentions, not for being disruptive in class or misbehaving, but often because she used to take herself out of the classroom to find another where she was able to work. She took her schoolwork seriously," Debra stated in the inquest. "I took lots of information into school to show the headteacher, Simon Duffy, but he said there was equally the same information available claiming WiFi was safe."
Debra told the Oxfordshire Coroner's Court that Jenny was already suffering from EHS since November 2012. Although Jenny's parents had removed their wireless internet connection at home, EHS symptoms continued to plague their daughter at school.
"I also had a heated exchange with teachers telling them Jenny was allergic to WiFi and that it made no sense making her take detentions in rooms that were making her ill," Debra continued. "The least they could do was allow her to take them in rooms where she felt able to concentrate, but they wouldn't listen."
Jenny's parents believe that their daughter was "frustrated with school" and her apparent suicide "was a cry for help."
Although there were no medical notes to prove that Jenny was suffering from EHS, her parents intend to warn schools about the possible dangers of WiFi to some students.
