A retrospective on a very successful ESC Conference 2024
What is this smell? I know it from somewhere. Oh yes – it is the fresh whiff of unpolluted clear mountain air. A calm and quiet space greets me when I get out of the car. I can breathe freely. It is quiet – no mobile phone radiation!
I’m going to the ESC conference in Germany and I’m very excited. People are coming from all over the world – from the US, Brazil and many countries in Europe.
We’re way out in the countryside in the middle of Germany far away from civilisation.
A warm welcome at the entrance.
And just inside the door we meet Ella, our super receptionist and organiser, who has everything under control. Here you could ask about anything from headaches to room numbers and forgotten things. And not least, who gave lectures where and when…
Most of Friday was spent unpacking, setting up, settling guests into their rooms and showing them around. At 7pm, an organic dinner was served, followed by cosy music in the main hall – Helfensteinsaal – featuring Reza Ganjavi, who had offered to entertain the tired travellers in the evening. He did a great job with a repertoire of different songs, including the Beatles, on his Spanish guitar.
Saturday – lots of lectures and activities
On Saturday we woke up to beautiful weather and a delicious breakfast. The programme was packed and it all started with a warm welcome by our chairman Rob van der Boom with translation into German and French. Afterward we all split up to go to lectures in different rooms.
The first two lectures were one in English with Christina Santini and one in German with Jörn Gutbier.
Christina Santini, Certified in Human Nutrition (Metropolitan University College Copenhagen), gave a great presentation on understanding EMF damage and effects.
She also talked about strategies to avoid radiation and about particularly favourable supplements that EHS sufferers can take.
Jörn Gutbier, Dipl.-Ing., is chairman of the board of the German association Diagnose-Funk.
He spoke about a number of scientifically proven risks of mobile phone technology, discussed the (protective) value of limit values for mobile phones, described the future of mobile communication in terms of precaution and pointed out technical and structural alternatives. The lecture was rounded off with practical tips for the daily use of smartphones, DECT phones and Wi-Fi in the home.
From 11-12 there were three lectures on the programme in English, German and French.
Alain Thill, Master of Science, gave a presentation on the biological effects of electromagnetic fields on bees based on his study from November 2023 – the so-called Beefi study (Look here)
The study investigated the effects of EMF on different insect species and evaluated the existing literature to identify potential risks associated with EMF exposure. He also presented some newer results of field studies that have appeared since the review was published.
In German, there was a presentation by Thomas Thraen, a specialist in psychosomatic medicine, psychotherapy and naturopathy, entitled ELECTROHYPERSENSITIVITY! What is it?
An “illegitimate disease” that poses a danger to humans, animals and plants. EHS is often dismissed as a purely psychosomatic illness. The general ignorance of the population about the massive health risks posed by radio waves is in stark contrast to the worrying findings of free science, which conducts research independently of the industry lobby. In addition to the political aspect, we also focused on the clinical picture with definition, diagnosis, biological pathological effects and therapeutic approaches. In particular, Belpomme’s studies prove through laboratory tests, radiology and ultrasound that EHS is a treatable physical and neurological disease associated with organic changes.
In French, Guy Lerat gave a presentation on how to build houses that are protected from radiation.
Here we see Guy, an expert in protection who specialises in advising EHS sufferers who want to build and live radiation-free. He has built a radiation-protected house in his home region in the south of Belgium. He had an exhibition at the conference of protective canopies and materials.
More lectures from 12-13
This included a question and answer webinar with Matthias von Herrmann, who elaborated on Alain Thill’s Beefi study and answered questions.
Matthias is a press and campaign officer at Diagnose-Funk and is particularly interested in using the Beefi study as a door opener to the politicians.
A very interesting presentation from Dr Med Cornelia Waldmann-Selsam.
Cornelia is a medical doctor and from 2004-2007 she worked on collecting evidence of the link between symptoms and radiation from 1600 people living near mobile phone masts. Around the same time, she realised that trees were beginning to show signs of radiation damage and has since documented damage to trees near 1500 masts. Her presentation was about the tree studio. See her visuals here.
Then came a nice break with food and cosy chats. Here are some impressions…
After lunch, there was an online lecture with British medical doctor and researcher Dr Erica Mallery-Blyth. In 2008 she began researching the biological effects of non-ionising radiation with a particular interest in electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS). She has lectured around the world focusing on the need for medical education and protection of vulnerable groups, including children and people with EHS. She founded PHIRE (Physicians’ Health Initiative for Radiation and Environment) to facilitate education on a larger scale. Dr Mallery-Blythe shared some of her findings from working in this area over the past 15 years, including some highlights from recent publications from ICBE-emf.org.
At the same time, there were presentations in German by Professor Dr Klaus Buchner on the topics of ‘New mechanisms of damage to the human organism through mobile radiation’ and ‘New aspects in politics and law’.
Next on the programme was another online webinar with Professor Dr. med. Wilhelm Mosgöller in English, who spoke about non-thermal biological effects of electromagnetic fields based on three revealing research projects that he was in charge of.
The rest of the day was spent in the Law & Politics and White Zones working groups. There was also yoga, where the attendants were subjected to some nice relaxing body and face yoga. Later there was a lottery where we gave away 11 prizes, which were donations of EMF measuring devices. It was a great gift. In the evening, a Dutch DJ couple entertained with disco dancing and many people were on the dance floor, played table tennis or visited the many stands and stalls.
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On Sunday morning, some of the talks were repeated in other languages and workshops on Health, Children, Technical Solutions and Smart Meters were organised to discuss and share information.
A political presentation was given by Petra Bertová Polovková, who is an IT educator, programmer and was a candidate in Slovakia for the European Parliament. Her presentation was about how we can all help shape EU legislation through consultation responses on a platform provided by the EU itself. And she asked the interesting question whether the EU is still a democratic project.
A big thank you to the many organisers, donators and helpers!
All in all, we had an eventful few days that can definitely be repeated, with lots of factual and professional input – food for thought, as they say – and lots of fun!
ESC Vice President Pernille Schriver and President Rob van der Boom say thank you for this time and see you soon.
All lectures will be available on video as they are finalised. Watch them on ESC website and Ma vie en mode avion website and fb page in the coming months. They will also be announced in our newsletter.
Impressions from a few participants
Europeans for Safe Connections (ESC)
Conference on electro hypersensitivity
Around 120 people from Europe, Brazil and the USA met the last weekend of June for the EHS conference at the ‘Lebensbogen’ conference centre. It is located in a low radiation environment. EHS stands for electrohypersensitivity. Due to the increasing exposure to high-frequency electromagnetic fields (HF-EMF) caused by microwaves from mobile phones (Wi-Fi, smartphones, Bluetooth, transmitters, cordless phones), more and more people react to it with health problems. This can manifest itself in sleep disturbances, heart arrhythmia, headaches, tinnitus, high blood pressure, behavioural problems (ADHD), general weakness/exhaustion (burnout), tendency to get infections, concentration problems (difficulty finding words), to name but a few. Unfortunately, EHS is still too little known in conventional medicine and is a taboo subject in society, although it was already recognised in the last century as microwave syndrome, radio operator’s disease, etc. in radio operators.
The first EHS conference took place in Belgium. This year it was organised by Europeans for Safe Connections (ESC). ESC is an association of European organisations that aim to reduce the impact of modern communications and power consumption on health and the environment. ESC is not against technology, but in favour of safe technology. One of the ESC’s goals is to educate people about the health effects of EMF radiation from wireless devices and how they can protect themselves from EMF radiation.
Attendees included ESC members and many EHS sufferers as well as people interested in the topic. In addition to several stands with information material, measuring equipment and shielding material, many interesting presentations were offered in German, English and French. For example, the presentations by Allan Thill on the effects of EMF on insects, by Dr med. Cornelia Waldmann-Selsam on the damage to trees caused by mobile communication or the very informative presentation by Thomas Thraen, who explained Professor Belpomme’s studies that clarify the mechanism of mobile communication at the cellular level and the resulting cell damage as well as the factors that trigger EHS. The lecture also made it clear that all human cells are naturally electrosensitive due to cellular communication and that there is already a disruption of communication between cells from 240 µW/m². In comparison, the German limit value is 10,000,000µW/m².
The fact that limit values do not protect us was also made clear in other presentations, for example by building biologist Jörn Gutbier and Prof Dr Klaus Buchner.
But it was not only the wealth of information that enriched the weekend, it was often also the personal discussions, the exchange of experiences, the cosy meetings in a very pleasant environment and the good atmosphere among those present. In the evening there were music and dance events.
Not forgetting the catering provided by the team from the ‘Lebensbogen’ conference centre. The organic, additive-free, varied and above all tasty food was tailored to the needs of electrosensitive people. EHS patients often suffer from metabolic disorders, food allergies and intolerances due to their clinical picture.
Thank you to all the hard-working helpers who made the weekend an unforgettable experience.
Manuela Ernst
Just a message to say thank you so much for organising the conference last weekend! It was great to get so much information and meet other people for discussions, and also to be looked after so well. I am now back in the UK and plan to write a short article about the event for ES-UK.
Best regards, Emma Davis
Conference on electrohypersensitivity from 28-30 June 2024
Sharing experiences, good presentations and a great atmosphere
120 people from Europe, Brazil and the USA attended the 3rd EHS conference, which was organised this year by Europeans for Safe Connections (ESC), in perfect summer weather. Diagnose:funk would like to thank the ESC organisation team for this great achievement: a great venue, an informative programme, good technology and, above all, a great atmosphere made the meeting a complete success.
At the ‘Lebensbogen’ conference centre in the Dörnberg nature reserve in northern Hesse, people affected by electrohypersensitivity (EHS) and member organisations of the ESC came together to exchange ideas. There were working groups on various topics such as white, radiation-free zones or alternative technical solutions to mobile phone technology, which causes illness. All of the presentations were well attended and naturally focussed on electrohypersensitivity and ways of coping with it. The presentations were held online or in person, in German or English, and some were also held in French.
Diagnose-Funk supported the conference financially and with presentations, such as the lecture on the current BEEFI insect study, which was attended by around 80 interested people. Author Alain Thill (editor of ElektrosmogReport) travelled from Luxembourg to present the results of his meta-analysis on the biological effects of electromagnetic fields on insects. His presentation in English was followed by the online appearance of diagnose:funk campaigner Matthias von Herrmann, who also answered questions about the study and presented the ‘Silent Spring’ study campaign. He received much applause and approval. diagnose:funk board member Jörn Gutbier moved the visitors with his well-attended presentation on the scientifically proven risks of mobile phone technology, Professor Klaus Buchner presented his book ‘5G-(Wahn)Sinn. Die Risiken des Mobilfunks’ and gave an interesting lecture on new aspects of politics and law. Cornelia Waldmann-Selsam presented new, impressive visual material in her lecture on tree damage caused by mobile communications.
There was an exhibition room with shielding materials and measuring devices. ESC members, such as diagnose-Funk, were represented with roll-ups, banners, flyers or their own book stand to offer educational and information material on electro hypersensitivity or protection from electromagnetic radiation.
The evenings were all about socialising, dancing and music or relaxing with yoga and a walk to the ‘Helfensteine’ rock formation. Organic meals were served three times a day, as well as coffee, tea and biscuits throughout the event. Volunteers ensured that everything ran smoothly – thank you to all the helping hands!
The conference ended on Sunday afternoon with a ‘Free Microphone’, a final event where people had the opportunity to share or present something to the attendees, e.g. a new platform for housing offers for electro-hypersensitive people.
A photo and film team from the ESC recorded all the presentations, interviewed participants, took photos and made short films. An ‘aftermovie’ will soon be available on the website https://esc-info.eu/.
Source: https://www.diagnose-funk.org/aktuelles/artikel-archiv/detail?newsid=2102
Translated and edited by CR 2/9/2024
Revised 10/10/2024
anna maria zizi
what a wonderfull idea! It all seems very interesting and also quite fun. I suffer EHS for 20 years now and try to lead a ¨normal “life the best I can. But it’s getting harder and harder as the level of radiation everywhere I go tend to increase and the understanding of people is diminishing as the wireless technology advances.
The governement of Italy has decided to invest heavily on new tel;ecom towers to spread the 5G signal even in rural areas.
Please inform me if you intend organise new events like this one. And thank you all!
Reza Ganjavi
Wonderful page. Thank you all for your amazing work, in organizing this great conference, and running this important organization.