Widows’ Street – the film

A film by Klaus Scheidsteger.

One street. Many fates.
One uncomfortable question.

What happens when people observe changes in their health over years – and receive no answers?

“The Widows’ Street” is a compelling report about those affected, the background, and the question of how we deal with the potential risks of modern technologies.

Widows' Street - the film by Klaus Scheidsteger

SSMA reviewed the english version

This 30-minute documentary dramatically brings to life the significance of a study and resulting scientific paper – dubbed the ATHEM-3 project – which provides clear evidence that living near mobile phone towers causes cell damage.

Dr Monika Kraut

The film shows how the impact of Dr Monika Kraut’s own personal story, told at an important telecommunications congress in 2019 centred around the debate on the introduction of 5G technology, triggered a ground-breaking study. The resulting research project brought together an inter-disciplinary team of leading international experts.

A meticulous investigation of two comparable groups of people in Germany, one of which was exposed to relatively low radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) and one of which was exposed to relatively high RF-EMF from nearby mobile phone base stations, was instigated. Chromosomal aberrations were significantly increased for the residents with higher exposure to RF-EMF.

The project’s findings provided an explanation as to why, in the years following the erection of a telecommunications tower beside Dr Kraut’s quiet street, so many people in her neighbourhood had epileptic seizures. Why so many of them had cancer.

As explained by Dr Wilhelm Mosgöeller in the documentary, the damage we see is exactly the same as for ionising radiation. In biology it makes no sense at all to differentiate between ionising and non-ionising radiation. The cell doesn’t know if it is being damaged by non-ionising or ionising radiation! All types of radiation can transform healthy cells into cancer cells or damage genetic material.

The Widows’ Street premiered on 30 April 2026 in Switzerland. It deserves to be seen widely…..

ORSAA noted

The damage to their DNA was like that caused by ionising radiation and would constitute an unacceptable level of exposure for members of the public. However, this is permitted for non-ionising radiation exposure.

It is time for a paradigm shift in radiation science and radiation protection.

The scientific paper below was the basis for the video

Evaluation of Oxidative stress and genetic instability among residents near mobile phone base stations in Germany

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