It's worth noting that the FCC has typically not enforced its emission standards on existing cellular antennas. See "Americans Beware," a 2013 study conducted by the Electromagnetic Radiation Policy Institute of 600 cell tower sites around the U.S.
Did the FCC conduct a NEPA (National Environmental Protection Act) assessment before it voted to permit the Spectrum Frontiers? No.
Isn't this grounds for a lawsuit? Yes. However, in the event that a court required the FCC to conduct a NEPA review, it (FCC) would conduct the review. We can predict that they'd find no environmental reasons to prevent 5G deployments. Further, scientists cannot study what does not exist.
How much electricity will 5G require, and how will this usage impact climate change? Isn't reducing our energy use and climate change impacts a greater "national priority" than 5G? In 2015, the single largest category on YouTube was cat videos. Perhaps, if the public learned this and committed to a moratorium on cat videos, we could begin to reduce our energy use...and open so much 4G bandwidth that we wouldn't need 5G?
For more information about 5G, please see
* applied physicist Dr. Ronald M. Powell's Comments on Proceedings 14-177, 15-256, 10-112 and 97-95.
Also on July 14, 2016, FCC Commissioners voted to support the transition toward "sunset" of landlines and replace these with cell phones and voice over Internet protocols such as Magic Jack or Skype. Commissioners seem oblivious to the fact that during a power outage, only landlines work and that some people (pregnant women, children, people with medical implant) may use corded landlines, not cell phones or VoIPs, to protect their health.
Health issues downwind of cell phones
* Consider Dr. Ron Melnick's correction of the NY Times article about the National Toxicology Program's finding that cell phone radiation significantly increases brain cancer risk.
* In Sweden and other Nordic countries, the incidence of thyroid cancer has increased. Scientists postulate that increased exposure to cellphone and cordless phone radiation over time may contribute to this trend.
* China now has a visual health crisis. According to a recent Nomura research report, issued by Peking University's China Center for Health Development, 47% of Chinese children ages 6 to 15 and 55% of 16 to 25-year-olds suffer from myopia (nearsightedness). An academic study from the Australian National University estimated that the prevalence of myopia in 20-year-olds has reached 80% in developed Asia. In the U.S. and Europe, the rate is closer to 50%, twice the rate of 50 years ago. According to Nomura, urbanization, sedentary lifestyles, the prevalence of smartphones, "the intensity of near-range work and the decreasing intensity of outdoor activities" contribute to this crisis.
Posted by Katie Singer
www.electronicsilentspring.com
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