We are very sorry that Michèle Rivasi is no longer with us. She died suddenly at the age of 70 on Wednesday 29 of November. Europeans for Safe Connections will always remember her courageous fight for acceptance of health effects of EMFs and her passionate advocacy for recognition of EHS. She was the founder of the Association Zones Blanches with the aim to find safe places to live for people with EHS.
ESC obituary here.

"We need to focus on real life and that's what school is for,"

says the Swedish Liberal Party leader and Minister Johan Pehrson. The Swedish primary school will be completely mobile-free as soon as possible according to a new agreement in the Parliament. "This is a step forward in an important cultural change," says Pehrson. The government wants this to be the norm in all Swedish schools. Read more here.

The European Court rejected the Norwegian complaint on smart meters.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg, France, recently rejected the application from eight Norwegian electro-hypersensitive persons, delivered before the Court in July. Read all about it here.

Vote for Remembering Nearfield – raise vital awareness of EHS in the UK … and beyond

Remembering Nearfield is an award-winning animated film about Electrohypersensitivity (EHS). Winning the SohoLIFF Audience Choice Award 2024 will put the film poster on view all around London.

See trailers and buy tickets for the virtual event to be held 25 January – 12 February, 2024. Buying a ticket allows you to vote for the Audience Choice Award.

Why it matters? Read more here.

The loss of insects

Worldwide, insects are declining at an alarming rate. Among other causes, the use of pesticides and modern agricultural practices play a major role in this. Existing research indicates another factor also: the increasingly frequent use of electromagnetic fields (EMF) from man-made technologies. New study: Biological effects of electromagnetic fields on insects 🔗

Experts Raise Public Health Fears About Microwave Syndrome From 5G Masts

The Government would have us believe that “there may be a small increase in overall exposure to radio waves when 5G is added to an existing network or in a new area” but that “there should be no consequences for public health”. Is this actually the case? On what evidence has this statement been made? Read it here 🔗.

Law & Politics

This group is at the moment raising awareness of the inadequacies and potential risks of the Gigabit Infrastructure Act (GIA) and is lobbying for amendments before it is passed into law. The group is also busy helping members to address local communities to raise their awareness of the GIA issue.

EMF Protection for Children

The group is currently active in the area of the International Declaration on the Human Rights on Children in the Digital Age. Very important project where your help is needed, and the group ask as many as possible to sign the declaration and

• ask medical professionals, scientific experts, lawyers, child advocates, organizations and individuals to sign.

• translate and send the declaration to your local politicians, national politicians, relevant authorities and organisations and media.

ESC wishes everybody a very merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year!

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