According to two major new reviews of research recently published by scientists in Australia, concerns about the potential harms of 5G technology are excessive. Both found no clear evidence that the type of radio frequency energy used by 5G mobile networks poses any danger to human health.
5G is the new generation of wireless communications. It allows faster speeds and lower latency than LTE and, although we already see it in action on 5G phones, it will be necessary years before the potential of 5G to transform industries such as autonomous cars becomes a reality.
This backward promise has not stopped some people warning that 5G will only accelerate the damage allegedly caused by our current use of wireless technology. There are currently no health risk tests on our cell phones particularly fort, but it’s still something scientists are watching. In particular, there have been many studies in the lab and in animals trying to figure out how different levels of radio frequency energy could affect the body, including the type of energy that would be emitted by 5G networks.
The two new works are the work of researchers from the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) and Swinburne University of Technology in Australia. Both of us they were published this week in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology and are billed as the first reviews focused specifically on 5G.
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Apart from examining experiments with animals and laboratories, a review also looked at epidemiological studies of radar, which uses the same type of RF (low-level energy fields above 6 Gigahertz up to 300 GHz) expect it to be based on 5G. Their findings, based on reviewing data from more than 100 studies, should be reassuring.
“In conclusion, a review of all studies did not provide substantiated evidence that low-level radio waves, such as those used by the 5G network, are dangerous to human health,” said Ken Karipidis, deputy director of evaluation. and advice from ARPANSA, aa statement released by the agency.
The second review, which focused on RF energy specifically in the millimeter-wave band (MMW), which will use 5G, also found no link between low levels of exposure to MMW and health effects. According to the researchers, both findings are more evidence than current mobile phones and in the near future will continue to emit RF levels well below the safety thresholds set by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). ‘have been adopted all over the world.
Some studies found plausible biological effects of this type of RF exposure. But above all, these studies were not usually replicated by others, similar experiments. Overall, most of the studies they reviewed were considered low quality, concluded Karipidis and his team.
That said, these reviews will not be the final word to examine the radiation safety of 5G mobile phone in general. And the researchers hope their work will help strengthen the ongoing research being studied.
“We recommend that future experimental studies improve their design with special attention to dosimetry and temperature control and that future epidemiological studies continue to monitor the long-term health effects on the population related to wireless telecommunications,” he said. dir Karipidis.