Europeans for Safe Connections reports that plaintiffs filed a lawsuit at the Administrative Court in Berlin against the Federal Republic of Germany, demanding that mobile-phone exposure limits in place since 1996 be reassessed and tightened. The underlying press release, dated 29 September 2026, comes from the Funkwende ("wireless turnaround") campaign of the German organization Kompetenzinitiative zum Schutz von Mensch, Umwelt und Demokratie ("Competence Initiative for the Protection of Humans, the Environment, and Democracy").
The plaintiffs ask the court to rule that current limits, which they say protect only against heating of tissue, no longer reflect current scientific knowledge, and to extend protection to non-thermal and long-term effects, vulnerable groups, and new frequency ranges.
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"We present to the court the current state of scientific knowledge on the effects of mobile phone radiation on health. Since the Federal Ministry for the Environment, responsible for health protection and prevention, is inactive, the lawsuit aims to achieve a judicial determination of an obligation to adjust the limit values. It is not about a political evaluation, but about a legal review of state protection duties"
"The scientific discussion about the biological effects of mobile phone radiation has developed significantly in recent years – this has not yet been recognized by the responsible authorities. These findings need to be taken into account when deciding on government protection measures. The lawsuit is now supposed to lead to an independent judicial review."
"We are suing because we are sick and not being protected. People need low-radiation spaces, and limits that actually protect. Low-radiation spaces are a basic right – not a luxury."
Location
📍 Berlin, Berlin, Germany
