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September 2026

News from the Board

ESC General Assembly 2026

ESC held the annual online General Assembly meeting on 21st May 2026. We were pleased that 19 of our 38 member organisations with voting rights were represented there.

The Assembly reviewed ESC’s activities over the past year, including 11 contributions to European Commission legislation and the addition of five new member organisations. Members approved the Board’s performance, the 2025 annual accounts and the 2026 budget.

The Assembly also discussed upcoming projects on human rights, EMF measurement, biomarkers and support for people affected by EHS. Four new Board members and four deputies were elected, and the meeting concluded with presentations on EMF exposure from electric cars and high-frequency radiation.

Find more details in the General Assembly Reports.

Would you like to take part in our important mission? Contact us via our website.

Petition on the European Parliament Petitions Portal

Please support our petition No. 0076/2026

We are calling for every EU citizen to have a guaranteed right to non-digital (analogue) access to essential services. Digitalisation must not result in the exclusion of seniors, people who are sensitive to electromagnetic fields, or those who do not have access to smartphones or the internet.

Digital technology should serve people, not exclude them. If you agree, please support this petition and help us ensure that no one is denied access to essential services simply because they cannot or choose not to use digital technologies.

The petition was submitted in he beginning of 2026 and in June we received the following answer: "I am pleased to inform you that the Committee on Petitions has examined your petition and has declared it admissible, since the matter you raise falls within the European Union’s fields of activity.
I have therefore asked the European Commission to conduct a preliminary investigation into the issue. Given the subject matter, I have also referred your petition to the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO)."

It was signed by the Chair of the Petitions Committee.

Petition link here

News from our Members

Italy: Associazione Italiana Elettrosensibili

The film by Francesco Filippi Destination White Zone got an award as best documentary at the Vienna Indie Film Festival.

Francesco Filippi is a board member of ESC and a member of the Italian organisation Associazione Italiana Elettrosensibili.

More about the film: shortmoviedatabase.com/film.php?id=301588

Sweden: Miljöföreningen Vågbrytaren

The Swedish homepage is partially available in English at en.vagbrytaren.se. It focuses on topics of general interest in the European Union and facts that are not widely available on the internet.

What do you find?

• Exposure limits and levels, ranging from high to low, and their background.
• The Council of Ministers' decision and the Commission's questions to the scientific committees that form the protection of the general public in the European Union.
• The people's verdict- the social consensus regarding exposure limits.
• Official mobile phone mast maps with reviews.
• Test for dirty electricity
• Health risks of radio frequency EMFs as a guide to a relatively safe level.

Germany: Diagnose: Funk

ElektrosmogReport 3/26 translated into english. You can read about:

EMF exposure disrupts magnetic compass of bats · Magnetic sense of homing pigeons · Mobile phone use and brain tumors – Epidemiological evidence supports tumor promotion · Modulated RF fields damage cancer cells without heat · 5G exposure during pregnancy can damage kidneys · Effects of 5G and GSM on neurons and skin cells · Wi-Fi and fetal development · 5G modulates stress proteins without heat · Wi-Fi disrupts HPA axis · Wi-Fi frequencies damage immune cells · Combined effects of 5G and UVB light · Base stations and green roofs

www.emfdata.org/en/elektrosmogreport

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News from around the World 

The 15th GSMA EMF Forum 2026
15th GSMA EMF Forum will bring together key representatives from the WHO, regulators, academia and the telecommunications industry to discuss the rules that will shape the future of mobile networks and 6G. The event will also be open to the public online.
Read more here

WHO
At the 79. World Health Assembly, Member States approved the first comprehensive resolution on "Radiation and health: strengthening global protection, preparedness and response". It establishes an integrated approach to managing human exposure to both ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.
Draft resolution: Radiation and Health: strengthening global protection, preparedness and response (EB158/9)

From Music to EMF Protection
Grammy Award-winning rapper M.I.A. sits down with James Poulos on this episode of "Zero Hour" to break down her newest venture, OHMNI, a fashion line designed by her to protect you from harmful signals caused by Big Tech. They also cover heavy topics such as the issues of therapy addiction in the West, the tyranny in the U.K., how Elon Musk's Space X is contributing to the rise of technology, and how modern music is becoming less and less organic.

OFF movement
In its July newsletter, the OFF movement links the decline in birth rates with the decline in social interaction and the widespread use of smartphones. offm.org/so/c8Py3ott2

Clean Ether Act
RF Safe has proposed the Clean Ether Act, a public-health framework aimed at reducing unnecessary radiofrequency (RF) exposure. Among its concrete proposals are making fiber and Ethernet the default in schools, childcare facilities and hospitals, keeping wireless radios off when wired or optical connections are available, supporting Li-Fi as an alternative for indoor connectivity, and requiring devices to disclose information such as active radios, transmit power and duty cycle. The proposal also calls for a reassessment of current RF exposure limits and greater protection for children.

The Clean Ether Act is a US proposal — but could some of these ideas, particularly the emphasis on child-friendly low-RF environments and alternatives such as Li-Fi, also have a place in European policy?
Read more here

New Science

Research sheds light on disruptive impact of electromagnetic noise pollution on bat migration
Read more

International Journal of Research in Medical and Clinical Science: Children’s Sensitivity to Environmental Electromagnetic Fields
Read more

Epidemiologia Journal: Interpretation of Epidemiological Studies on the Relationship Between Mobile Phone Use and Cancer
Read more

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