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Radiation concerns halt Brussels 5G development, for now

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Re: Radiation concerns halt Brussels 5G development, for now

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I live in Brussels, internet over 4G works great and nobody complains about it being slow.

I am willing to change my mind if somebody proves why we need to upgrade but (and as much as I love new tech) "if ain't broken dont touch it", if anything just make it cheaper.

Re: Radiation concerns halt Brussels 5G development, for now

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Wonder what this decision is baserad on, its non-ionized radiation and may confuse bees etc but humans ....?

On the paper that is true but still the FCC seems to have some concerns

+ https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/wireless-devices-and-he...

+ https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/human-exposure-radio-fr...

Re: Radiation concerns halt Brussels 5G development, for now

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I looked at some trial 5G gNB; you definitely feel nauseated if u r standing near these units. This will be a concern.

have you also tried to blind-test standing beside one that's switched off and on? Because plenty of people say they can "feel" cellphone radiation (so-called electrosensitivity), yet noone has ever been able to show this under controlled scientific conditions. As soon as they don't know if the radiation is there they stop feeling it.

Re: Radiation concerns halt Brussels 5G development, for now

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post #4

Wonder what this decision is baserad on, its non-ionized radiation and may confuse bees etc but humans ....?

Try sleeping for a week with your cell phone on airplane mode and your wifi unplugged. It certainly won't kill you but it causes oxidative stress on your cells. 5G just ups the intensity to 11.

Re: Radiation concerns halt Brussels 5G development, for now

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Wonder what this decision is baserad on, its non-ionized radiation and may confuse bees etc but humans ....?

Try sleeping for a week with your cell phone on airplane mode and your wifi unplugged. It certainly won't kill you but it causes oxidative stress on your cells. 5G just ups the intensity to 11.

What you're saying has quite literally no basis in fact.

Counter to it significantly, there's a heap more powerful non-ionizing transmission than things you have locally in very similar bands, like hundreds of kilowatt TV and FM radio transmitters. Any "effect" you would be seeing is placebo or nocebo depending on the state of your "airplane mode" switch.

Re: Radiation concerns halt Brussels 5G development, for now

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post #7
post #5

I looked at some trial 5G gNB; you definitely feel nauseated if u r standing near these units. This will be a concern.

have you also tried to blind-test standing beside one that's switched off and on? Because plenty of people say they can "feel" cellphone radiation (so-called electrosensitivity), yet noone has ever been able to show this under controlled scientific conditions. As soon as they don't know if the radiation is there they stop feeling it.

>As soon as they don't know if the radiation is there they stop feeling it.

Was this documented during a test or just anecdata?

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