OPINIONISTA: Demonisation of 5G mobile networks is rooted in technophobia

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OPINIONISTA: Demonisation of 5G mobile networks is rooted in technophobia By Ivo Vegter IvoVegter

of all the major studies that have been conducted , as well as the opinions of expert bodies. It has no motive to play down cancer or any other risk due to electromagnetic radiation. The overwhelming conclusion is that there is no significant association between mobile phone use and cancer or any other health risk.

The World Health Organisation, whose own cancer research agency has classified cellphone radiation as a “possible carcinogen” , declares:In the area of biological effects and medical applications of non-ionising radiation approximately 25,000 articles have been published over the past 30 years. Despite the feeling of some people that more research needs to be done, scientific knowledge in this area is now more extensive than for most chemicals.

Opponents of new technology often cite the “precautionary principle”. Although it has been enshrined in law in Europe, this principle is thoroughly anti-scientific. It precludes action or strictly regulates new technologies whenever there is a possible risk, even if the evidence to support such a risk is only speculative and the cost of regulation is high. The onus, then, is on the promoters of the technology to prove that the risk does not exist.

 

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IvoVegter I'm an RF engineer and I'm not worried.

IvoVegter Not really true. I'm an electronic engineer and I treat it with suspicion

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