Posted on 12/13/2022 10:38:14 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Electromagnetic emissions from 4G and 5G base stations pose only minimal health risks, as they are far below the standards stipulated by the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), the National Communications Commission (NCC) said yesterday.
Since the auction of 5G licenses two years ago, more than 35,000 5G base stations have been built across the nation, covering 94 percent of the population, NCC Commissioner Wang Cheng-chia (王正嘉) told a news conference.
However, some people are still worried about potential health risks, Wang said.
Some base stations had been removed after protests by local residents, only to be reinstalled after the residents realized they could not receive phone signals, Wang said.
To allay public concern, the NCC tasked National Yunlin University of Science and Technology with conducting a study of electromagnetic emissions by 4G and 5G base stations, he said.
The study involved 34 sites in the north, south and east of Taiwan, as well as the outlying islands, that had 4G and 5G installations, said Kuo Wen-chung (郭文中), a professor of computer science and information engineering at the university.
“The sites were chosen because they accommodate devices and antennas installed by a majority of telecoms, and the results we obtained from the sites would best represent all base stations,” he said.
Researchers measured non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation (NIEA) based on the rules stipulated by the EPA, Kuo said.
“We found that the highest NIEA value detected was only about 0.039 percent of the reference values stipulated by the ICNIRP and the EPA, which are close to those of European countries and the US. The average of the highest values detected was 0.0125 percent of the reference values,” Kuo said.
The results show that a base station is even safer than a microwave oven and an electric razor, he said.
The commission said that 50,000 microcell stations are to be installed on utility poles and traffic lights to further boost 5G coverage.
Although the NCC has been running an awareness campaign for more than 10 years, it has not been particularly successful in assuaging public fears. Aside from public protests, the commission has only managed to secure 685 government properties on which to install base stations from 2014 to last year.
Well I sure hope so.
“...safer than a microwave.”
Next to, or inside?
RE: Next to, or inside?
It has to be next to. Nobody in his right mind will put his head inside a microwave.
You only run a microwave for a few minutes.
You get bathed in 4G/5G 24/7.
I had to deal with 5G when sitting on a county planning board.
The virulent anti-5G people are the Climate Hysteria people.
The better to spy on you...
“...safer than a microwave.”
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Also, safer than a particle accelerator, atomic pile, X-rays, high energy lasers, neutron radiation.
It has to be next to. Nobody in his right mind will put his head inside a microwave.
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Has anybody informed Florida Man?
Assuming the EPA got it right in the first place.
I always have full faith and trust in all 3 letter US govt agencies
So you might have seen a situation like we had locally. ATT wanted to put in a new tower across the road from one of our schools. Had a public hearing. The ATT mouthpiece chick lied thru her teeth that the tower wouldn’t be 5G capable. But there would have been no other purpose to the tower since the neighborhood already had good cell coverage.
They lost it because they lied. I’m no climate freek but I am a highly experienced engineer who can read an electromagnetic spectrum chart and they pushed the spectrum right against the microwave band to make 5G work. Full time exposure to these towers, as with a school, can’t be a healthy thing.
Because of the 5G conversion our local emergency service folks are realizing the have blank spots in their rural coverage. And wouldn’t you know? They want us to pony up 5 million$ to put in our own boosters. A couple more relay towers and we won’t even have to turn on the stove?
As with ionizing radiation long time exposure is cumulative and ain’t a good thing.
The cell towers concern you. Why doesn't putting a five watt transmitter against you head?
What makes you think it doesn't?
You never heard about glioblastomas until people started pressing electromagnetic transmitters against their heads.
I never saw anything wrong with the landline.
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