European BioElectromagnetics Association

What European BioElectromagnetics Association does

The European BioElectromagnetics Association (EBEA) is a non-profit scientific association founded in December 1989 by scientists from different European countries, operating as an educational resource on bioelectromagnetics — the study of interactions between electromagnetic fields and living systems. Its core product is the Bioelectromagnetics Guide website (www.ebea.org), a single unified informational platform structured around five topic areas: a foundational guide to bioelectromagnetics, electromagnetic fields in everyday life, clinical and medical applications, the history and evolution of the field, and environmental and occupational exposure contexts. The site emphasizes scientific rigor, measurement-based reasoning, dosimetry, and the deliberate distinction between established findings and unverified claims.

EBEA does not develop or sell proprietary technology products. Its offering is a static, publicly accessible educational website with no API, no integrations, no mobile application, and no proprietary features. Distribution is self-serve via the website, supplemented by an email newsletter subscription channel and an organic social media presence on Twitter/X. Content is provided free of charge and there are no commercial pricing models disclosed.

The association serves a horizontal audience of general public, students, healthcare professionals, occupational workers, and any other educational seekers looking for evidence-based information about electromagnetic field exposure and bioelectromagnetics. The organization's business model is non-commercial: revenue mechanics are not disclosed, no funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, or membership fees are documented in the available sources, and the entity is described as operating with 1-10 employees. The legal entity is registered in the United Kingdom, while operational and website identity is tied to Switzerland and a global online audience.

Name

European BioElectromagnetics Association

Legal name

European BioElectromagnetics Association

Website

https://ebea.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The European BioElectromagnetics Association (EBEA) is a non-profit scientific association that operates a free educational website providing evidence-based information about bioelectromagnetics — the interactions between electromagnetic fields and living systems — for the general public, students, and healthcare professionals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Scientific Education & Research Communication

NAICS

Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Agriculture, Environmental & Earth Sciences (EDAGABAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Biology & Life Science Enrichment (Biotech, Genetics, Anatomy) (EDAMABAF)

Keywords

• Bioelectromagnetics education
• Electromagnetic field science
• EMF exposure information
• Dosimetry research
• Scientific EMF communication

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

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Core offering

EBEA provides free, evidence-based educational content on bioelectromagnetics through its website (www.ebea.org), explaining how electromagnetic fields interact with living systems. The content is organized into guides covering the foundational science of bioelectromagnetics, everyday EMF sources, clinical/medical applications, research history, and environmental/occupational exposure contexts, with a strong emphasis on measurement, dosimetry, and replication rather than health claims.

Product overview

The European Bioelectromagnetics Association operates a single unified educational website (Bioelectromagnetics Guide) that provides authoritative information about electromagnetic fields and living systems. The site offers structured guides covering five main topic areas: a foundational guide to bioelectromagnetics, everyday EMF sources, clinical/medical applications, research history, and environmental/occupational exposure contexts. This is an informational resource platform rather than a commercial product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bioelectromagnetics Guide Website

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Direct peers

• Powerwatch: Powerwatch is a UK-based information and advocacy site on EMFs and health, targeting the same general-public-and-educational-seekers segment as EBEA but with a more activist orientation.
• Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS): BEMS is the North American counterpart scientific society for bioelectromagnetics, organizing conferences, publishing research, and serving the same interdisciplinary community of physicists, biologists, and clinicians as EBEA.
• International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP): ICNIRP is an independent scientific body that develops international EMF exposure guidelines; it overlaps directly with EBEA's mission of informing the public and professionals about bioelectromagnetic interactions and standards.
• EMFs.info: EMFs.info is a public-information resource on electromagnetic fields that, like EBEA, focuses on explaining the science and avoiding health claims; it serves a similar horizontal audience in the same niche.

Regional players

• Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) Programme: MTHR is a UK-focused research programme that funds and reports on mobile-phone and EMF health studies; its public-facing reports address the same evidence-versus-uncertainty questions EBEA's site tackles.
• Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM): SSM is Sweden's national radiation safety authority, which funds EMF research and publishes public explainers; it competes with EBEA for European audience attention on EMF science and standards.

Broad incumbents

• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): NIEHS, part of the US NIH, funds and communicates EMF and environmental health research at much larger scale, competing for the same educated-public and policymaker attention that EBEA targets.
• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC): IARC, part of WHO, classifies agents including radiofrequency EMF as to their carcinogenicity, and its monographs and communication directly shape the scientific framing that EBEA's educational content addresses.
• World Health Organization International EMF Project: WHO's International EMF Project is a much larger global initiative that researches and communicates health effects of EMFs, operating with broader scope and far greater resources than EBEA's educational site.
• IEEE International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES): IEEE ICES develops widely adopted EMF safety standards (e.g., IEEE C95.1) and serves as an authoritative reference on bioelectromagnetic effects, overlapping with EBEA's standards-and-testing content stream.

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Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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