How Safe is 5G?

Summary

Source One:

• Many Health agencies have not found any adverse effects of 5G on health however some scientists are warning against the safety of 5G.
• The FCC has a limit on how much RF energy is allowed to be in an area and many places have adopted that limit; however, some countries and cities have a much lower limit on it in favor of being safe rather than sorry.
• Some groups are calling for a complete shutdown of the rollout of 5G in Europe, however the European Union thinks that is too drastic.
• Although many experiments have been conducted about RF energy, very few are directly related to safety and are at similar frequency as 5G.
• 5G uses very similar frequencies as the current 3G and 4G networks, so there is not as much of a difference.
• The best way to reduce the RF energy is to stay away from using a cell phone since that is when the user gets hit with the most RF energy.

Source Two:

• Many conspiracy theories are thinking that 5G is making you sick.
• There is no evidence of this claim
• A study on the effects of 5G on zebrafish did not show any negative results.
• Zebrafish are often used for human-like testing as they respond to radiation in a similar way
• 5G is currently in the category "possibly carcinogenic" which is the same category as coffee and pickled vegetables.
• Most people are worried about the fact that there are going to be towers every few blocks instead of every few miles,
  but this allows them to run at a lower power and therefore have a smaller radius of high energy radiation.
• You only receive a higher than allowed dose of radiation if you are very close to the transponder.
• "When it comes to 5G and COVID-19, the evidence is crystal clear. There's absolutely nothing to these conspiracy theories."
• "most experts say more quality research is needed"

Source Three:

• The FCC has had regulations in place for many years and makes sure any devices in use near or close to the body must follow the regulations.
• They do not believe any scientific work shows that RF exposure causes cancer or other illnesses.
• "Consumers should remember that all wireless devices are certified"
• There are many ways to reduce RF exposure:
1. Don't use wireless devices as much.
2. Use a speakerphone instead of putting the device to your head.
3. Text instead of calling people.
• Phones are tested at their maximum power level, they usually operate at a much lower level
• Pacemakers could be interfered with if they are near to a wireless device, this is the only significant risk the FCC identified under normal use.
• The limits the FCC sets have a significant safety buffer before it would actually harm anyone.
• "there is no consistent or credible scientific evidence of health problems caused by the exposure to radio frequency energy emitted by cell phones"