After many hard-working months, the OneName Project has reached the end of its one-name quest…and entered a new era of advocacy for our community, an era defined by respect, empowerment, and unity of message — under the banner of one name. Yes, it’s happened. Based on your rich and varied input, top leaders of the movement from the US, Canada, and Europe have chosen one, singular, powerful name to label the condition that many of us share:
Formal Name: Electromagnetic Radiation Syndrome
Common Name: EMR Syndrome
Acronym: EMR-S
Official Website – https://www.emr-s.org
The OneName Project brought together people living with wireless radiation sickness, leading wireless radiation experts, safe technology advocates and medical professionals to choose a single, unifying, non-stigmatizing term for illness caused by exposure to wireless radiation and electromagnetic fields.
by Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D.
January 28, 2025
‘Wireless radiation sickness has a new and more universally acceptable name: Electromagnetic Radiation Syndrome, or EMR Syndrome, according to a press release issued by the OneName Project.
EMR Syndrome is a “new unifying name for a 21st-century health crisis,” the press release said.
Millions of people experience physical symptoms — including headaches, insomnia, heart palpitations and more — when exposed to electromagnetic radiation (EMR), according to the press release.
But until now, it’s been difficult for these individuals to advocate for themselves and educate others because there’s been no single, easily understandable term for the condition.
Instead, there were multiple names, including electromagnetic sensitivity, electrohypersensitivity, microwave syndrome, Havana syndrome and others.
Some of these names stigmatized the people by labeling them as “sensitive,” instead of placing the blame on the radiation that was causing their illness. Other names confused the public — such as microwave and Havana syndrome — because they sounded like references to microwave ovens and the capital of Cuba, rather than wireless radiation from cellphones, Wi-Fi routers and smart devices.
That’s why the “OneName Project” was created.’
Electromagnetic Sense Ireland 