2024-10-30
It seems an age since Tom Wheeler (then FCC chairman) pledged to bypass all safety concerns and roll-out 5G to the USA and the world (in the process making a ton of profit for the US telecoms industry).
" ... Rule nbr 1: the technology should drive the policy rather than the policy should drive the technology ... "
" ... if the Commission approves my proposal next month, the United States will be the first country in the world to open up high-band spectrum for 5G networks and applications - and that's damn important because ... US Companies will be the first out of the gate"
"Unlike some countries, we do not believe that we should spend the next couple of years studying what 5G should be, or how it should operate ... turning innovators loose is far preferable to expecting committees and regulators to define the future ... "
"To make this work, the 5G infrastructure ... will require massive deployment of small cells ... "
Full 2016 speech:
(60 minutes)
He acknowledges 5G to be a vastly different proposition from the original 1G/2G/3G cell-phone bands, yet ignores any implications for human health.
Still today, those who believe that wireless technology is inherently dangerous are routinely ignored, and the safety guidelines are still based upon the original safety tests that were based upon the heating effect of 1G/2G/3G technology.
Wi-Fi connected phones and laptop computers are now ubiquitous, along with a precipitous decline in the birth rate (which may be due to a combination of factors, but a child or adult sitting with a laptop on their knees in close proximity to their reproductive organs is assuredly unlikely to be helpful).
For more information of the possible dangers of wireless technology, see the Environmental Health Trust website.
