5G REALLY A HEALTH THREAT.

5G REALLY A HEALTH THREAT.

  

5G, the next generation of cellular technology for the next generation of smartphones, is imminent. And with it there are concern about the health risk of this new, more powerful network.How worried should you beabout the comming5G healthpocalypse?   

Some 5G conspiracy theorists contend that the new network generates radiofrequency radiation that  can damage DNA and lead to cancer; cause oxidative damage that can cause premature aging; disrupt cell metabolism; and potentially lead to other disease through the generation of stress proteins.

With the onset of Coronavirus pandemic, a number of viral social media conspiracy theories have speculated that  5G is the cause of worlds current problems. Simply put these claims  are  factually false. 5G does not cause Coronavirus.

Electromagnetic hypersensitivity, for example, is a hypothetical disease in which certain people experience debilitating symptoms in the presence of radiation like cell phones and Wi-Fi----so yes, Michael McKean's bizarre behaviour on "Better Call Saul" is a real thing. But despite people claiming such sensitivities for at least 30 years,

Likewise, decades of studies have found no link between cell phones and cancers like brain tumors, 

At the root of all concerns about cellphones networks is radirofrequency radiation (RFR).

RFR is anything emmited in the electro magnetic spectrum , from microwaves to X-rays to radiowaves to light from your monitor or from the sun. Clearly, RFR isn't inherently dangerous, so the problem becomes discovering under what circumstances it might be.

Dr. Steve Novella, an assistant professor of  neurology at Yale and the editor of Sience Based Medicine, understands that  people generally get concerned about radiation.

"Using the term radiation is misleading because people think of nuclear weapons--they think of ionising radiation that absolutely can cause damage. It can kill cells.It can cause DNA mutations. "But since non-ionising radiation doesn't cause DNA dammage or tissue dammage, Novella says that most concern about cell phone RFR is misplaced.

But for now, everything we know about 5G networks tells us that there,s no reason to be alarmed . After all, there are many technologies we use every day with a substantially higher measurable risk. And as Dr.Novella says, 2 With 5G the hazard is low-but non-zero --and the actual risk appears to be zero.We've picked up no signal in the real world."

Scientists will continue to test new networks as technology evolves, to make sure the technology we use every day remains safe. As the NTP study shows, research into radiation risks is difficult and often inconclusive, meaning it can take a long time to make real progress.