The wireless industry confesses: "No study shows that 5G is safe"
At the beginning of February 2019, US Senator Richard Blumenthal questioned representatives of the wireless industry, who admitted that the industry has conducted ZERO health and safety studies on 5G technology. Meanwhile, dozens of independent studies indicate that 5G is a risk to all biological life.
During the February 2019 Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing on the future of 5G wireless technology and its impact on the American people and economy, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) expressed concern about the lack of any scientific research and data on the potential health risks of the technology.
Blumenthal criticized the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), government agencies jointly responsible for ensuring that cell phone technologies are safe to use, for not conducting any research on the safety of 5G technology, and instead, engaging in bureaucratic finger-pointing and deferring to the industry.
In December 2018, Blumenthal and U.S. Rep. UU. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18) sent a letter to FCC commissioner Brendan Carr, in search of answers about the possible health risks posed by the new wireless technology 5G. At the hearing, Blumenthal criticized Carr for not providing answers and, instead, simply echoed " the general statements of the FDA shares regulatory responsibility of the cell phones with the FCC ". Blumenthal also criticized the FDA's statements as "pretty unsatisfactory." A PDF of Carr's full response is available here.
During an exchange with representatives of the wireless industry, Blumenthal asked them if they had supported research on the safety of 5G technology and the possible links between radio frequency and cancer, and industry representatives admitted that no.
Blumenthal stated:
If you visit the FDA website, there is basically a quick quote and surface of the existing scientific data that says: "The FDA has set the industry of cell phones to take a series of measures, including support additional research on possible biological effects of radio frequency fields for the type of signals emitted by cell phones. I think Americans deserve to know what the health effects are, not to prejudge what scientific studies may show, and they also deserve the commitment to investigate the outstanding issues."
"So my question to you: How much money has the industry committed to support additional independent research, I emphasize independent research? Is that independent investigation ongoing? Have any been completed? Where can consumers look? And we are talking about research on the biological effects of this new technology."
At the end of the exchange, Blumenthal concluded:
So there really isn't any investigation going on. We're kind of flying blind here, health and safety wise."
In November 2018, the National Toxicology Program released the final results of the longest and most expensive study to date on cell phones and cancer. Those studies found "some evidence" of a link to cancer, at least in male rats. However, the study only focuses on the risks associated with 2G and 3G cell phones.
The latest 5G wireless technology is based on the use of many more new antennas and transmitters that are grouped closer to the ground and closer to homes and schools. There has been even more limited research regarding the health ramifications of 5G technology, and so far the FCC has been unable to adequately explain how they have determined that 5G is safe.
Alejandro O. Asharabed Trucido
