Source: Europeans For Safe Connections https://esc-info.eu/request-for-an-eu-regulation-explicitly-guaranteeing-the-right-to-analogue-non-digital-access-to-essential-services/
28 January 2026
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Read full petition and article here https://esc-info.eu/request-for-an-eu-regulation-explicitly-guaranteeing-the-right-to-analogue-non-digital-access-to-essential-services/
A message from Olle Johansson, associate professor about an upcoming conference in Spain on 24 June, 2026 about electrohypersensitivity, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis, and multiple chemical sensitivity,
Dear Friends, Supporters, Colleagues,
Note that soon, on June 24, 2026, our Spanish colleagues of the National Coalition of Organizations for Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity, and Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (CONFESQ), under the supervision of their President María López Matallana, will present and discuss a recently published book, the Green Paper: Workplace Adaptations for People with MCS and EHS, which is a guide that establishes technical, health, and legal criteria to facilitate the inclusion of people affected by these emerging conditions in the workforce. The book was funded by the ONCE Foundation (the national organization for the blind in Spain, a highly prestigious social institution with a strong presence in their country). It did count as well with institutional support from the Spanish Confederation of People with Disabilities (COCEMFE) and various associations of affected individuals, including the national association of electrohypersensitive people, Electro and Chemically Sensitive People for the Right to Health (EQSDS), under the supervision of President Pilar Aleza. (It should be noted that this is the first time in Spain that two social groups, unrelated to the conditions of EHS and MCS, and of such public significance, have supported those affected by these functional impairments.)
The book will be presented to the public next June, coinciding with the celebration of the International Day Against Electromagnetic Pollution, on June 24th (at 6 pm Madrid time).I have the greatest respect for their very important work in Spain, as well as for the invited speaker Mr. Rob van der Boom of the Stitching EHSFoundation in the Netherlands. I often refer to both of them, and to the situation in our three countries – and to the situation in other, not so fortunate, countries around the world. Their work, the engagement of Mr. Rob van der Boom, and of many others, are of paramount importance for all people in dire need of recognition, help, assistance, and formal accessibility in accordance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (aka the UN Special Human Rights Act for Persons with Functional Impairments).I am very honoured to have been invited as well, and I very much look forward to the upcoming online event, to discuss the recent work progress with President María López Matallana, and with President Pilar Aleza, Mr. Rob van der Boom, Dr. Pilar Muñoz Calero, Ms Paloma Torres, and their entire Team!
Please, share widely, and rest assured that I will update the information pending further words from our Spanish friends!
With my very best regards
Yours sincerely
Olle
(Olle Johansson, associate professor)
From Magali Lesure
Founder of the non-profit organization Cœurs d’EHS
Hello,
I’d like to inform you that, as every year, World EHS Day, subtitled “World Day of Intolerance to Electromagnetic Pollution”, will take place on June 16.
This Day, which I created on June 16, 2018, was taken up in a few European countries from its first edition and very quickly became global. A dedicated Facebook group promotes it internationally and, this year, almost 2,000 organizations and people concerned by EHS will be informed by email about the event.
Please forward this email to your contacts interested in this cause. If we ALL get involved, we’ll make this a great day!
There are several ways to participate. Everything is explained in the following article: http://coeursdehs.fr/june-16-world-ehs-day-world-day-of-intolerance-to-electromagnetic-pollution/ which also contains all the material at your disposal and links to reports from previous editions.
The objectives of this day remain the same:
I sincerely hope you will join us in this action. Please send me photos of your participation so that I can add them to this year’s report!
Best regards,
Magali Lesure
For more information and ways to participate and raise awareness see :
http://coeursdehs.fr/june-16-world-ehs-day-world-day-of-intolerance-to-electromagnetic-pollution/
They would particularly like to hear from people whose voices are not always heard, including minority and disadvantaged communities. The views and opinions collected will be considered and will be used to inform future policy.
As EMR-S, Microwave sickness, adverse symptoms from wireless and EMF sources, and related illnesses are generally not understood or recognised, or are ignored or dismissed by the Dept of Health, government and many health professionals, we strongly encourage anyone in Ireland affected to make a submission, or lodge a submission on behalf of someone you know who is unable to access online services.
Submission deadline is 22nd April 2026.
Postal submissions will also be accepted :
Tel: (01) 635 4000
Email: healthyireland@health.gov.ie
More Information https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-health/consultations/healthy-ireland-framework-public-consultation/
Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health, Wellbeing and the National Drugs Strategy, Jennifer Murnane O’Connor TD is inviting you to help shape Ireland’s next Healthy Ireland Framework.
We are launching an online public consultation to listen to your views, experiences and ideas. Your input will directly inform how we develop the next phase of Healthy Ireland.
This is an opportunity for all of us to work together to strengthen health and wellbeing across the country. We want to build a shared understanding of what health and wellbeing mean in everyday life, for individuals, families and communities.
We are especially keen to hear from people whose voices are not always heard, including minority and disadvantaged communities. Improving health equity will be central to the new framework, and we cannot do this without your insight and lived experience.
PRESS RELEASE 18 March 2026
EMR Syndrome Alliance Launches Website for People Injured or Disabled by Man-Made Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR)
Media Contact:
Ruth F. Moss
President, EMR Syndrome Alliance
914.761.7307
Email: info@emrsyndrome.org
Education, remediation, disability and recovery resources are now available for those suffering acute effects from radiation emitted by cell towers and antennas, cell phones, Wi-Fi, ‘smart’ meters, ‘smart’ devices, LED lighting, and other sources of EMR.
Reading, PA, March 18, 2026 — The EMR Syndrome Alliance announces the launch of the website, emrsyndrome.org, a dedicated resource for people living with EMR Syndrome (Electromagnetic Radiation Syndrome). EMR Syndrome is a medical condition associated with exposure to man-made electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from wireless technologies and electromagnetic fields. Sources of man-made EMR include cell towers, antennas, cellphones, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, ‘smart’ utility meters, ‘smart appliances’, implanted medical devices, airport body scanners, and more. These biologically disruptive EMR exposures have been rapidly increasing and making millions of people sick.
EMR Syndrome is the new unifying name for a condition long recognized by many different labels, such as Electromagnetic Sensitivity, Electrohypersensitivity, Microwave Syndrome, Radiation Sickness, Electrosensitivity, and more. Documentation of this condition dates back to military and industrial research decades ago and has been on the rise ever since. With the current proliferation of cell towers, antennas, small cell antennas and other exposures in our living environments, EMR Syndrome has become a critically important public health issue that demands attention from legislators, public and community health officials, medical educators, parents, school administrators, and industry.
People with EMR Syndrome experience a constellation of symptoms from mild to life-threatening, including heart arrhythmias, memory-cognition problems, vertigo, headaches, fatigue, tinnitus, burning skin, and sleep disturbances. EMR Syndrome is presently estimated to occur in 3-5% of the world population, with many millions more reporting mild symptoms.
The EMR Syndrome Alliance is a new 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with global participation.
It provides resources and support to individuals who have been electromagnetically injured.
emrsyndrome.org includes:
Ruth F. Moss, President of the EMR Syndrome Alliance, says:
“EMR exposure is making people sick and upending lives. With the launch of emrsyndrome.org, many are stepping up, telling their stories, and getting the multi-level support they need. The time is long overdue to bring visibility to this life-altering condition.”
Sharon Goldberg, MD, Integrative Physician in Santa Fe, NM, who has treated people with EMR Syndrome over many years, says:
“The current mindset that we have of thinking that the electromagnetic environment is irrelevant to health has to change. There is so much science and evidence to show this is simply not the case, including the rise of EMR Syndrome.
The launch of the EMR Syndrome Alliance website comes on the heels of the January 2026 announcement of a U.S. government investigation into the potential health effects of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from wireless technologies… and amid a related growing public conversation about wireless risks, constant digital exposure, the soaring rise of depression among adolescents, and the recent 60 Minutes disclosure of EMR-induced health effects in advanced weaponry.
Researchers conclude that current wireless radiation exposure limits are at least 200 times too high to safely protect people.
PRESS RELEASE
Berkeley, CA — March 14, 2026 — A new peer-reviewed study published in the journal Environmental Health reveals that current safety limits for radiofrequency radiation (RFR)–emitted by cell phones, Wi-Fi routers, smart meters, and cell towers—are severely inadequate to protect public health. Taking results from a $30 million U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) cancer study, the researchers applied standard procedures developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and found that current RFR exposure limits are at least 200 times too high to protect us from cancer risk with 8 hours per day of exposure. Also, based on other research, RFR limits were 24 times too high to protect against reproductive impacts.
For decades, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the United States, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) have maintained RFR exposure limits based on behavioral studies with less than one hour of exposure, conducted on small groups of animals in the 1980s. Those limits were designed solely to prevent tissue heating during short-term exposure, ignoring non-thermal biological effects and long-term exposure.
The new study, co-authored by Drs. Ronald L. Melnick and Joel M. Moskowitz, on behalf of the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF), conducted risk assessments on cancer and reproduction because recent systematic reviews commissioned by the World Health Organization concluded with “high certainty” that RFR exposure caused cancer and adverse reproductive impacts in animal models.
Key Findings
Watch a video of Dr. Melnick presenting the key findings here.
“Current regulatory limits for RFR are based on outdated assumptions that have been thoroughly invalidated by the last thirty years of scientific research,” says Dr. Melnick, a retired toxicologist from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences who led the design of NTP’s cell phone radiation study. Our analysis clearly demonstrates that the current limits for cell phones and wireless networks are structurally incapable of protecting human health. We urgently need governments to step up, abandon these obsolete guidelines, and conduct rigorous risk assessments using modern toxicological data. The science is there; now we need the policy to catch up so we can protect public and occupational health.”
“We are constantly surrounded by devices emitting wireless radiation; yet government regulations do not account for the chronic, low-level exposures they create,” adds Dr. Moskowitz from the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley. “The exposure levels calculated in this paper should not be interpreted as ‘safe limits;’ rather they represent risk-based estimates derived from the data reviewed in the WHO systematic reviews using standard EPA risk-assessment methods, indicating that current regulatory limits should, at a minimum, be reduced to levels in this range to better align with modern scientific evidence.”
The authors strongly recommend an immediate, independent re-evaluation of wireless radiation exposure limits. They urge regulatory bodies to lower RFR exposure limits by applying the rigorous, health-protective methodologies commonly used for toxic and carcinogenic environmental agents, as discussed in this paper.
About the Study
An unedited version of this paper, “Exposure Limits to Radiofrequency EMF Do Not Account for Cancer Risk or Reproductive Toxicity Assessed from Data in Experimental Animals,” can be downloaded from the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Health:: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12940-026-01288-6.
About the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF)
ICBE-EMF is an international consortium of scientists, doctors, and researchers with expertise and peer-reviewed publications on the biological and health effects of electromagnetic fields, including wireless RF radiation. Wireless devices such as cell phones, cordless phones, Wi-Fi, and cell towers emit radiofrequency radiation. The Commission is committed to upholding the highest standards of scientific research and makes science-based recommendations to ensure the protection of the public and the environment.ICBE-EMF.org
Smartphone, Earphone and Bluetooth headsets all emit static magnetic fields as well as RF radiation. A new study found that magnetic fields emitted by smartphones and earphones increased the accumulation of air pollution–derived magnetite nanoparticles in the brain and triggered neurotoxic effects in mice
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.5c22066
Read more here https://www.ehn.org/bluetooth-earbud-air-pollution-health-effects
A recent systematic review published in Marine Environmental Research by Elizabeth James et al. examined 35 years of peer-reviewed studies on underwater electromagnetic (EMF) radiation exposure and found that 66% reported significant impacts on aquatic life.
Impacts were found in a wide range of species across the full spectrum of EMF levels tested.
Researchers observed both behavioral changes (such as changes to swimming speed and habitat use) and physiological changes (including altered immune responses, metabolic regulation, and cardiovascular development).
Impacts tied to EMF exposure were most significant during the early stages of development (embryos, larvae, and juveniles), with significant changes reported in 93% of young fish and 100% of young crustaceans.
Read full review:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141113626000851?via%3Dihub
Also:
A review of potential impacts of submarine power cables on the marine environment: Knowledge gaps, recommendations and future directions – Taormina et al (2018) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364032118305355
Irish Examiner 2nd December 2025 – by Cianan Brennan
Tue, 02 Dec, 2025 – 01:00
Cianan Brennan
On Monday, a near five-year legal odyssey came to an end at the High Court with Kilkenny couple Peter and Doreen Thomson being vindicated in full in their battle over a decision to allow a mobile phone mast to be installed next to their home.
In sticking to their guns, the couple did the State and their fellow citizens an enormous service — one which will likely not be fully appreciated by the public at large.
They have also shown that, in the Government’s current attempts to stifle access to review of questionable decisions made by State actors, we are heading down a very poorly-lit path.
The Thomsons had argued that the initial decision taken by former deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála Paul Hyde — who subsequently received a criminal conviction for undeclared conflicts of interest during his time at the planning authority — had been the subject of bias, given the alleged statistical improbability of the sheer number of times he had overruled his own planning inspectors when granting permission for telecommunications masts.
Those allegations were never tested in court. Instead, An Coimisiún Pleanála — a name change that resulted directly from the scandals which engulfed it in its previous guise — argued that the Thomsons had taken their challenge outside the eight-week statute of limitations for raising an objection, an argument the High Court initially agreed with.
However, given the seriousness of what they were alleging relating to transparency of public decisions, the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court both said the public interest would be better served by having the Thomsons case argued in court
While the Coimisiún said repeatedly in both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court that it would robustly defend its position, this has not come to pass. Instead, it has dropped its defence entirely.
Accusations of bias
In a statement delivered by its legal counsel, Philip Lee, the Coimisiún insisted accusations of bias are unfounded. However, at the same time, it has elected not to defend them.
“The concession of the proceedings means that we will not get to hear any explanation for what was an extraordinary pattern of decision-making by the board in relation to telecoms masts,” Eoin Brady, the Thomsons solicitor, said.
Mr Brady, who has taken countless cases relating to dubious mast decisions, called for a 2023-commissioned report by senior counsel on governance issues at the then An Bord Pleanála to be published.
“It is truly amazing that the relevant authorities are still refusing public access to a report completed at considerable expense to the taxpayer in relation to allegations of systemic wrongdoing at one of the State’s most important institutions,” he said.
But back to the Thomsons. There is tremendous vindication for them here, and doubtless enormous relief also for them personally. The bravery of what they did should not be underestimated. They admitted in the High Court initially that they had not brought the case at first for fear of the enormous financial implications should they lose.
The Thomsons had argued that the initial decision taken by former deputy chair of An Bord Pleanála Paul Hyde had been the subject of bias. File Picture: Dan Linehan
Peter Thomson eventually decided to pursue the case anyway after reporting by the Irish Examiner disclosed Mr Hyde’s granting permission for mobile phone masts, regardless of whether his own inspectors believed the construction to be appropriate or not.
It has taken enormous courage and fortitude to do what the Thomsons have done. The case is not a sexy one, but they have brought the State to heel and exposed a deeply dubious decision for what it was.
The whole saga is a shining example of what a judicial review process can do when approached in good faith and with a genuine case. A public good has been achieved. Will Ireland learn from this lesson? It seems not.
Judicial review
At present, the Department of Housing is fast-tracking legislation to make access to judicial review much more difficult. In future, if you wish to challenge a questionable planning decision which affects you directly, you’ll have to be prepared to pay through the nose for it to the tune of well over €100,000.
No longer will the State be covering the costs in full of successful objectors, all in the name of “getting things done”.
Those changes have resulted from the Government’s mismanagement of the country’s housing crisis, and the optics of needing to be seen to be doing something about it.
Similar deregulatory thinking led to doozies like the 110% mortgage, along with Ireland’s banks being actively encouraged to throw credit around like confetti in the buildup to a financial crash that brought Ireland to its knees in 2008. Must we always be doomed to repeat our mistakes? Or will sanity ever prevail?
Eoin Brady says: “The Thomson case clearly illustrates the critical importance of the availability of judicial review. It shows the importance of preserving access to the courts for ordinary people when faced with decision-making by State institutions which break the law.
“Ultimately judicial review is about preserving the rule of law, and ensuring accountability within our institutions, which is key to ensuring cohesion in society. In today’s world, that could not be more important.”
He is not wrong.
READ FULL ARTICLE HERE : https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41752632.html
Radio Interview with Peter and Doreen Thomson: https://kclr96fm.com/a-huge-relief-say-kilkenny-couple-as-more-than-four-year-battle-in-high-court-over-plans-for-mobile-phone-mast-comes-to-an-end/
Irish Examiner 1st December 2025 – Cianan Brennan
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41752548.html
Cianan Brennan
Planning body An Coimisiún Pleanála has dropped its defence of a legal case taken against the granting of permission to build a telecommunications mast in Co Kilkenny after a four-year battle.
The planning authority told Peter Thomson, the Kilkenny man who took the case against the initial June 2021 decision, it would no longer be opposing the quashing of the original decision made by its former deputy chair Paul Hyde for several reasons — but denied it now accepted that bias in its decision-making had been a factor.
Peter Thomson and his wife Doreen had initially objected to the construction of the telecommunications mast adjacent to their home in Kells, alleging the decision to grant permission had been affected by “bias”.
That objection was initially dismissed by the High Court as being made outside the time limit of eight weeks for taking a legal action, only for that decision to be overturned by the Court of Appeal.
An Bord Pleanála, as the commission was formerly known, then appealed the decision to allow the Thomsons’ judicial review to the Supreme Court, only to lose that appeal in a landmark decision last July.
The commission had insisted throughout the various legal hearings over Mr Hyde’s decision that it would be robustly defending the case even it were to lose the Supreme Court appeal — however, no defence will now be mounted.
In a letter from its solicitors Philip Lee, the commission told Mr Thomson that in the aftermath of the adverse Supreme Court ruling it had “considered its position” with regard to a number of factors, including the four-year time gap since the case was first taken, changes in personnel at the body, and “certain conclusions” of an unpublished report into goings-on at the Commission compiled by senior counsel Lorna Lynch.
The Thomsons had suggested in their original High Court submissions that a pattern of decision-making by Mr Hyde in the telecommunications mast cases he had presided over had amounted to bias given the statistical improbability of the decisions in question. Picture: Dan Linehan
The Thomsons had suggested in their original High Court submissions that a pattern of decision-making by Mr Hyde in the telecommunications mast cases he had presided over had amounted to bias given the statistical improbability of the decisions in question. Picture: Dan Linehan
“In preparing opposition papers in these remitted proceedings and on further consideration of the matter, the commission has determined that it will no longer oppose an order of Certiorari (rendering the initial decision invalid) of its decision dated 17 June, 2021,” the commission said.
However, it added it “continues to be the position” of the commission that the statistical evidence put forward by the Thomsons regarding Mr Hyde’s decision-making “did not demonstrate bias — objective or subjective”.
The Thomsons had suggested in their original High Court submissions that a pattern of decision-making by Mr Hyde in the telecommunications mast cases he had presided over, originally reported by the Irish Examiner, had amounted to bias given the statistical improbability of the decisions in question.
The commission said Ms Lynch’s assertion in a press statement concerning her unpublished report — that “a change in policy emphasis” encouraging mobile mast infrastructure had been seen at An Bord Pleanála — could now be confirmed as relating to two Government circulars dating from 2018 which underlined that mobile infrastructure was to be encouraged by local authorities.
While insisting Mr Hyde’s decision did not constitute bias, the commission admitted “there was error of law” in that the board members had “misinterpreted the circulars” in question.
The case was briefly heard at the High Court on Monday, where the commission’s decision to drop the case was revealed.
However, Eir — the original applicants for the mast itself — asked that the application be remitted to the board once more, meaning the entire case will be considered on its merits for a second time once the original decision is quashed.
In May 2022, the Irish Examiner first reported that Mr Hyde had voted to override his own planning inspectors in the vast majority of applications for telecommunications masts over a near-two-year period.
He had, in fact voted, voted to overturn refusal recommendations by planning inspectors in 31 of 36 mast applications in the 20 months from September of 2020.
By contrast, other members of the then nine-strong board voted to overturn the recommendation of planning inspectors on three out of nine occasions over the same timeframe.
While it was not unusual for board members to overrule its own inspectors, informed sources at that time indicated such overrulings occured in roughly 10% of cases, making Mr Hyde’s rate of overturning his own inspectors roughly eight times the average.
It had also been argued that the sheer rate at which Mr Hyde presided over telecommunications mast decisions — he was involved in roughly 75% of the 100 decisions made — defied logic, given cases considered by the board were supposed to have been randomly allocated.
The commission had not replied to a request for comment at the time of writing.
The Department of Housing — the commission’s parent body — said it would not comment on a specific legal case, saying any decision “is a matter for the commission, who are independent in undertaking prescribed functions set out in the planning and development acts”.
“The outcome of these long-running proceedings represents a vindication for Peter and Doreen Thomson, who persevered in their efforts over the past number of years to shine a light on the pre-determination of cases by senior members of what was An Bord Pleanála,” Eoin Brady, partner at FP Logue solicitors, who handled the Thomsons case, said.
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READ FULL ARTICLE HERE: https://www.msn.com/en-ie/politics/government/planning-board-drops-defence-of-case-taken-against-granting-of-permission-to-build-telecommunications-mast/ar-AA1RvzBh
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