New Studies Find No Evidence That 5G Is Harmful to Humans (original) (raw)
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Two new studies appear to back up the consensus that 5G technology is safe for humans. Despite skepticism regarding the new technology and the ill-placed link between 5G and COVID-19, the papers assert that there is no specific danger to humans who come into contact with 5G radio signals.
The studies are some of the first to focus solely on the effects of 5G tech. Where others have looked at its effects more generally, the new studies are the first to use 5G as the focal point for the study and its effect on a range of subjects.
5G: Safe for Human Consumption
The two studies are a welcome step forward for 5G technology, which is undergoing various stages of rollout depending on where you are in the world.
The first study, on 5G Mobile Networks and Health, examines the relationship between radiofrequency fields above 6GHz (which 5G uses) and biological and health effects on humans. It included over 100 individual studies investigating a range of bioeffects but found no specific link between 5G and adverse health effects, even when examining the millimeter-wave band.
The epidemiological studies showed little evidence of health effects including cancer at different sites, effects on reproduction and other diseases. This review showed no confirmed evidence that low-level RF fields above 6 GHz such as those used by the 5 G network are hazardous to human health
The second study, on the Biological Effects of Low-Level Millimetre Waves, found a "negative correlation between effect size and both power density and specific absorption rate." It concluded that "the studies provided no substantiated evidence that low-level radio waves, like those used by the 5G network, are hazardous to human health."
5G Is Safe, Then?
The studies are two individual pieces of research that add further weight to the fact that 5G technology is safe for humans.
Will it be enough to convince those worried about the effects of 5G technology?
Honestly, it's unlikely. It might convince some who are hovering between 5G health worries and scientific studies. But those who are passionately anti-5G, for whatever reason, won't be swayed by another scientific paper. After all, they haven't been convinced by the other 5G studies showing no link between the technology and ill health, so why start now?
All that anyone can hope is that the gradual strengthening of the arguments for and the examinations of the technology's health implications continue to paint 5G positively, and the world avoids any more ridiculous conspiracy theories, such as 5G radiowaves cause COVID-19.