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πŸŽ™οΈ ANSES opens first funding call for biochemical research on electrohypersensitivity

August 26, 2026 (EMFS)
Aug 20, 2026 (original)
Source: BRHP – Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Source category: Voice
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Dariusz Leszczynski
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Voice: Dariusz Leszczynski writes on his BRHP blog that ANSES, the French national health-safety agency, is the first large national agency to call for research grants on the biochemistry of electrohypersensitivity (EHS). The 2026 APREST-RF call's EHS objective asks researchers to investigate physiological, biological and specific genetic markers to characterise subjects declaring themselves electrohypersensitive. Leszczynski recounts that in 2005 at Finland's STUK he was forbidden to study EHS with skin biopsies, and that in 2018 then-ICNIRP chair Rodney Croft rejected his proposal that ICNIRP recommend proteomics research on EHS. He frames the ANSES call as vindication and wonders how ICNIRP and WHO will respond.

"For the last 30 years, I have done research on wireless radiation and health. Twenty-one years ago, in 2005, I wanted to perform a research project where skin biopsies of human volunteers exposed to wireless radiation would be examined to determine if there are any differences in responses between persons claiming to be sensitive and persons claiming not to be sensitive to wireless radiation."

β€” Dariusz Leszczynski, BRHP blog

"Unfortunately, at STUK in Finland, where I worked at the time, I was explicitly forbidden to study sensitivity to wireless radiation (EHS)."

β€” Dariusz Leszczynski, BRHP blog

"In 2018, while attending the β€˜Science and Wireless’ conference in Wollongong, Australia, I met with Rodney Croft, then Chair of ICNIRP. During a lengthy one-on-one meeting in the lobby of my hotel, I asked that ICNIRP recommend studying EHS using biochemical methods, especially proteomics and transcriptomics. Dr. Croft disagreed and said there is no scientific evidence to indicate such research is necessary or advantageous"

β€” Dariusz Leszczynski, BRHP blog

"It is for the first time that a large national agency is calling for research grant applications to study the biochemistry of EHS."

β€” Dariusz Leszczynski, BRHP blog

"RFES 3.1. Investigation of tools to characterise subjects declaring themselves electrohypersensitive (EHS), physiological markers, biological markers, specific genetic markers."

β€” ANSES, APREST RF 2026 call (quoted by Leszczynski, BRHP blog)

Location

πŸ“ France

Map: France

Source

First-ever call for real research on sensitivity to wireless radiation betweenrockandhardplace.wordpress.com

πŸ“„ Underlying Research

Karinen et al. 2008 STUK skin biopsy study on 900 MHz GSM exposure (referenced by Leszczynski as the constrained non-sensitive-only follow-up after his EHS proposal was blocked)

Karinen A, HeinΓ€vaara S, Nylund R, Leszczynski D (2008) BMC Genomics Journal Level 1β“˜

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