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Effect On Human Health 5 G NETWORK by geniewilliams(m): 8:36am On Apr 05, 2020
Effect on human health 5 G NETWORK

The scientific consensus is that 5G technology is safe, but speculation about possible hazards has given rise to concern being expressed in the media.

The development of the technology has elicited a range of responses regarding concerns that 5G radiation could have adverse health effects.
An opinion piece published on Scientific American's online blog section asserts that complete scientific research regarding its effects has not been conducted and that there could be health risks. Another opinion piece in the same publication offers outlooks from both sides of the debate, and ends in a call for more and higher quality studies on the issue. Wired characterized fears that the technology could cause cancer, infertility, autism, Alzheimer's, and mysterious bird deaths as "conspiracy theory".
The US FCC and nearly all other regulators claim 5G radiation will have no significant health effects.

In April 2019, the city of Brussels in Belgium blocked a 5G trial because of radiation laws. In Geneva, Switzerland, a planned upgrade to 5G was stopped for the same reason. The Swiss Telecommunications Association (ASUT) has said that studies have been unable to show that 5G frequencies have any health impact. Several Swiss cantons adopted moratoriums on 5G technology on health grounds, though the federal offices in charge of environment and telecommunications say that the cantons have no jurisdiction to do so.

Health concerns related to radiation from cell telephone towers and cell telephones are not new. Although electromagnetic hypersensitivity is not scientifically recognized, diffuse unproven symptoms such as headache and tiredness have been claimed to result from exposure to electromagnetic fields such as those that carry 5G and Wi-Fi despite no mechanism or valid scientific explanation having been proven. However, 5G technology presents new issues that depart from 4G technology, namely, higher microwave frequencies from 2.6 GHz to 28 GHz, compared to 700–2500 MHz typically used by 4G.
Because the higher millimeter wave used in 5G does not penetrate objects easily, this requires the installation of antennas every few hundred meters, which has sparked concern among the public.

An international appeal to the European Union made on September 13, 2017 garnered over 180 signatures from scientists representing 35 countries. They cite unproven concerns over the 10 to 20 billion connections to the 5G network and the subsequent increase in RF-EMF exposure affecting the global populace constantly. The appeal also references the International Agency for Research on Cancer's (IARC) conclusion in 2011 that frequencies 30 kHz – 300 GHz are possibly carcinogenic in humans.This research was seemingly confirmed by the US Department of Health and Human Services' National Toxicology Program (NTP), which studied prolonged exposure to RF radiation on rats and noticed significant increases in cancer formation.

Critics of 5G say that these millimeter wavelengths have not been tested extensively on the general public. Most experts believe that more scientific research is needed; however, no health concerns have yet been proven, as, even though millimeter wave technology has been used in technology such as radar for many decades, there is considerable research regarding the association of cancer to the use of radar devices by police officers.

United States Senator Richard Blumenthal in 2018 said "I know of no reliable studies—classified or otherwise—that have been done about 5G technology. There may have been studies by the military but, so far as I know, they failed to meet the specifications that are required in terms of the numbers of animals or other ways of measuring that would be required."

In 2018, Dr. Martin Pall, Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Basic Medical Sciences at Washington State University believes "Putting in tens of millions of 5G antennae without a single biological test of safety has got to be about the stupidest idea anyone has had in the history of the world." He cites the increased number of phased arrays, the high energy pulses which can easily penetrate the human body, and the bulk of antennae required to operate the network as potential causes for concern.

Writing in The New York Times in 2019, William Broad reported that RT America began airing programming linking 5G to harmful health effects, such as "brain cancer, infertility, autism, heart tumors, and Alzheimer's disease". Broad asserts that the claims, which he states have increased in 2019, have spread to hundreds of blogs and websites but "lack scientific support".

In January 2019, more than 180 scientists and doctors from 36 countries sent a letter to officials of the European Union demanding a moratorium on 5G coverage in Europe until potential hazards for human health have been fully investigated.[241] According to the "Statement on emerging health and environmental issues (2018)" edited by European Commission's Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER), "5G networks will soon be rolled out for mobile phone and smart device users. How exposure to electromagnetic fields could affect humans remains a controversial area, and studies have not yielded clear evidence of the impact on mammals, birds or insects. The lack of clear evidence to inform the development of exposure guidelines to 5G technology leaves open the possibility of unintended biological consequences."

According to CNET,[243] "Members of Parliament in the Netherlands are also calling on the government to take a closer look at 5G.
Switzerland is taking steps to monitor 5G's impact on people. Several leaders in Congress have written to the Federal Communications Commission expressing concern about potential health risks. In Mill Valley, California, the city council blocked the deployment of new 5G wireless cells." Similar concerns were raised in Vermont and New Hampshire.

In February 2019, Senator Blumenthal questioned 5G industry representatives about health risks and related studies, finding that the industry has not done studies, nor were any ongoing.

In July 2019, The New York Times wrote an article detailing how an influential study from the year 2000, which determined that wireless technology carried a high chance of causing negative health effects in humans, made a scientific error by failing to study the protective benefits of human skin.
The article claimed that many of the alleged health concerns around 5G and other wireless technologies in humans have not been scientifically proven.

In the third quarter of 2019, after campaigning by activist groups, a series of small localities in the UK, including Totnes, Brighton and Hove, Glastonbury, and Frome passed resolutions against the implementation of further 5G infrastructure.[252][253] For example, the Totnes Town Council passed a symbolic moratorium on the building of additional 5G masts pending additional research on the health effects of 5G.

In 2020, Ofcom, the UK regulatory body, revealed the results of 5G radiation testing in 10 cites. No health risks were identified and the result of measurement equated to 0.039% of a safe exposure level.

Environmental impact
Concerns have been raised about the visual impact of 5G transmitters on historically and environmentally sensitive areas.

In August 2019, a court in the USA decided that 5G technology will not be deployed without environmental impact and historic preservation reviews.

Security concerns
On October 18, 2018, a team of researchers from ETH Zurich, the University of Lorraine and the University of Dundee released a paper entitled, “A Formal Analysis of 5G Authentication”. It alerted that 5G technology could open ground for a new era of security threats. The paper described the technology as “immature and insufficiently tested,” the one that “enables the movement and access of vastly higher quantities of data, and thus broadens attack surfaces”. Simultaneously, network security companies such as Fortinet,[ Arbor Networks, A10 Networks, and Voxility advised on personalized and mixed security deployments against massive DDoS attacks foreseen after 5G deployment.
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Re: Effect On Human Health 5 G NETWORK by Lyrikallz2018: 8:54am On Apr 05, 2020
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