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April 2026

News from the Board

General Assembly May 21

• An interesting presentation on the health effects of electric cars.
• ESC members have received an invitation including annual reports, which you can also find here
• If your organisation is not yet a member and you want to participate in the General Assembly to follow the exciting work of ESC, click here.

Please note: Paid membership for new members must have existed for 3 months before voting rights can be exercised. But new members are most welcome to join the meeting.

Summer-Event 2027

We are planning a gathering in a beautiful White-Zone area in central Germany, with space for more than 200 participants. The venue features a large camp-ground, several log cabins, teepees, dormitories, and conference rooms, all surrounded by the Hainich National Park.

We will put together a program for you that includes current topics and presentations on technology (such as Li-Fi and smart meters), people (e.g. children in the digital world), nature (e.g. trees exposed to radiation), and politics (seminars, e.g. on how to engage with local governments). We also plan to have stalls, information booths, and plenty of time for leisure activities, including music, dance, yoga, relaxation and creative activities, walks, and socializing.

By December 2026, we should have a great program ready and be able to accept your registrations; you’ll find out more through our newsletters, your NGOs, and on our website.

Human rights for the elderly

Recently, our attention was drawn to the process initiated by the UN to establish human rights, particularly for older people. As many people with EHS are of advanced age, we believe it is important to get involved in this process. We had already highlighted the vulnerability of older people to EMF in our ECI Stop 5G – Stay connected, but protected.

Together with the Law & Politics working group, the board has just drafted a letter and sent it to the UN, requesting that specific rights be introduced to address the disadvantages of the digital revolution that particularly affect older people.

In this letter, we have argued for the right of older people to live in a healthy environment free from electromagnetic fields, to be able to live an analogue life offline, and not to be discriminated against on account of limitations in digital facilities. It is a first step.

The UN wishes to involve civil society organisations representing older people in the process of shaping the rights of older people. This is an excellent opportunity for the ESC to play a role in this.

That is why we are calling on you to contribute to this valuable work and to join our new UN working group. Through this working group, ESC aims to further develop its position on this issue and to participate in the important UN process in order to clearly articulate and defend ESC’s views.

The right to live in an EMF-free environment and to lead an analogue life is important to us all, and if we can have this right formally enshrined by the UN, starting with the elderly, that would be a good start.

News from ESC Working Groups

WG Technical Solutions

How much data is gathered in an e-car?

Modern internet-connected cars increasingly collect large amounts of data about both the vehicle and the driver. The purpose of this technology is to make driving more comfortable and efficient through features such as navigation, calls, and smartphone integration. However, this digitalization also leads to extensive surveillance.
Read article here

Do you want to join our working groups? Bring in your experience and your vision to inspire others and take part in exchanging interesting ideas for new projects. You will find our working groups here.

News from our Members

We’re happy to announce two new members to our organisation

• Associazione AMICA (Italy)
• Verein für Elektrosensible und Mobilfunkgeschädigte e.v. (Germany)

Germany: Diagnose: Funk

Ten years ago, in spring 2016, the results of the NTP study were published. Today, denial of the cancer risk by the industry-regulation complex continues.
Read the review

The latest issue of the specialist journal *ElektrosmogReport* 1/26 (Vol. 32) discusses five new peer-reviewed studies which confirm that mobile phone electromagnetic fields damage fertility and embryos. The findings on pre- and postnatal effects are particularly significant. Further studies examine the effects of electromagnetic fields on the brain, two on cancer and two on insects and birds.
Read the report in English

Denmark: EHS-Foreningen

The Danish EHS association has supported two Danish Ombudsman cases which go hand in hand with the European Ombudsman case:

Case 1: The Danish Health Authority is using researchers and companies with links to the telecommunications industry to assess how harmful radiation from wireless technology is.

Case 2: The Danish Environmental Protection Agency is breaching laws designed to protect nature and animals from the harmful effects of radiation from mobile phone masts

Read more in the Danish article

Romania: Zone Albe

A highly active white zone group Asociația Zone Albe România has applied for membership of the ESC. We greatly appreciate this. The group has mapped the whole of Romania with regard to radiation and white zones. They state that Romania may be one of the few countries left where white zones still exist. They have even observed that telecom companies are withdrawing from certain areas, possibly due to a lack of customers.
Map of white zones in France and Romania here: zone-albe-map.pages.dev

The Netherlands: Stichting EHS

Energy transition and inclusion of people with EHS: Is your municipality switching away from natural gas? Time to take action, now!

Municipalities present these energy transition plans as necessary and forward-looking, with a focus on climate goals, innovation, and quality of life. This development may be accompanied by an increase in electromagnetic fields, both in public spaces and indoors—in private and public buildings. For electrosensitive residents, this could mean a deterioration in their living environment and could be the cause of (more) health complaints and reduced well-being.

Stichting EHS  writes: “Because people with EHS are covered by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and equal treatment legislation, municipalities will need to take this into account in their inclusion policies. Municipalities must be aware that they cannot simply take new steps that worsen the situation for people with electromagnetic hypersensitivity.”

Stichting EHS provides more information and a sample letter that you can use to draw attention to the issue and advocate for your right to inclusion.

Please send us news from your organisation to share in future newsletters!

News from around the World 

EMR-Syndrome Alliance

ESC welcomes a new global initiative aimed at bringing together all stakeholders working to raise awareness of and address the massive levels of man-made electromagnetic pollution caused by cell towers, Wi-Fi, smartphones, low-frequency radiation, and magnetic fields.
Visit the website here

Slowphone Brazil held a Digital Detox Retreat from April 3 to 5, 2026

"Cell phones have become the cigarettes of the 21st century, and this addiction is affecting children, teenagers, adults, and the elderly.
We know that most algorithms are designed to hook us, and Big Tech companies don’t seem to care about our health.
Most of us would like to be able to use our devices less and in a healthier way."

Read more about the detox event
Read more about Slowphone Brazil here

Informative video on overlap of MCS and EMR Syndrome

EHT’s (Environmental Health Trust) vice president of scientific research and clinical affairs, Dr. Rob Brown, recently presented a talk to the Chemical Sensitivity Disorders Association (CSDA) about the overlap and related research surrounding Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and EMR Syndrome (a medical condition linked to exposure to electromagnetic fields and electromagnetic radiation).
Watch it here

Legally questionable confidentiality clause adopted almost word for word from demands of Microsoft and trade groups

Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to hide the environmental toll of their datacentres, an investigation has found, with demands to block a database of green metrics from public view written almost word for word into EU rules.

The secrecy provision, which the European Commission added to its proposal almost verbatim after industry lobbying in 2024, hinders scrutiny of the pollution that individual datacentres emit. It leaves researchers with just national-level summaries of their energy footprints.
Read more here

Physicist from the telecommunications industry: There is no doubt that the health risks posed by Wi-Fi, cell phones and 5G are significant

Austrian Peter F. Mayer holds a doctorate in physics and has served for many years as editor-in-chief of a journal for the telecommunications industry. He now writes about science and politics.

Among other things, he delves into biophysics and explains, briefly but in detail, to both laypeople and scholars how radiation from modern telecommunications harms public health and makes us more vulnerable to a wide range of health problems.
Read the original article by Peter F. Mayer in German
Read a Norwegian article by Einar Flydal

U.S.: Growing concerns about health risks from cell towers and 5G installations are sparking nationwide grassroots protests

Protests in communities across the United States against unchecked 5G deployment have prompted the House of Representatives to postpone consideration of a bill that would override all local authorities. These protests come on top of the ongoing protests against mandatory smart meters that have been taking place across the United States for some time.
Read a Norwegian article by Einar Flydal

New Science

An updated book about radiation and trees

This book is truly a breakthrough. It documents how radiation from base stations affects trees at all stages of growth. It includes photographic examples from across Germany collected over many years.

Please feel free to share the link with everyone you know, and help contribute to documenting even more. The author, Dr. Cornelia Waldmann-Selsam, is asking readers for help. She says:

Dear readers:
I would greatly appreciate it if you could walk around mobile phone base stations and report back to me with your observations.
Contact: waldmannselsam@posteo.de

Remember that harm to nature is a very effective argument for helping people understand that radiation from base stations can be harmful. Use the book as best as you can.
Read and download your free copy here

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