The 5G Mass Experiment
Are you happy with 4G mobile? You may be, but governments and industry are already looking at the next level – 5G – and the infrastructure for ‘smart homes’ and the ‘internet of things’. According to EU plans, Europe will be hyper-connected by 2025.
January 2019
Are you happy with 4G mobile? You may be, but governments and industry are already looking at the next level – 5G – and the infrastructure for ‘smart homes’ and the ‘internet of things’. According to EU plans, Europe will be hyper-connected by 2025.
Why the rush? So that Europe will not lose out to the USA and China in a global race for dominance.
So what is the problem? A growing body of science that warns of health risks from long-term exposure to electromagnetic radiation by mobile technology. There is almost no research on the effects of the higher frequencies needed for 5G.
You’ll be connected. But at what price?
Real 5G issues overshadowed by Covid-19 conspiracy theories
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Il cellulare può accorciarti la vita. “Nesso col tumore”
Il Fatto Quotidiano, Italy
14 January 2020
« Bientôt, nous pourrons attaquer toute l’industrie en justice » : en Italie, des résistances face à la 5G
Basta!, France, Basta!
13 May 2019
Téléphonie mobile : le gouvernement a-t-il fait un cadeau de 3 milliards d’euros aux opérateurs ?
Basta!, France, Basta!
26 April 2019
Mobile phones and health: is 5G being rolled out too fast?
Computer Weekly, UK
23 April 2019
Big data, multiplication des antennes et des ondes : bienvenue dans le monde merveilleux de la 5G
Basta!, France, Basta!
10 April 2019
Etterlyser føre-var-prinsipp for 5G
Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway
30 January 2019
Norske skoler satser trådløst, mens franske skoler skal skru av
Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway
28 January 2019
Alle vil bli først til 5G-samfunnet. Men hvem skal betale?
Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway
28 January 2019
5G utfordrer faregrensene
Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway
27 January 2019
Strålevernet baserer seg på omstridt forskergruppe
Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway
27 January 2019
Forskere fant kreft i rotter etter mobilstråling
Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway
25 January 2019
Forskere kaller 5G et folkehelse-eksperiment
Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway
25 January 2019
Smartby-sjefen i Stavanger forberedt på konflikter
Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway
23 January 2019
Snart kommer supernettet og alle tingene dine kan snakke sammen
Stavanger Aftenblad, Norway
22 January 2019
5G to nowa technologia, w którą rząd inwestuje miliony. Czy będzie miał problem?
Newsweek Poland, Poland
20 January 2019
5G, i conflitti d’interessi che delegittimano studi e comitati dell’Ueuld there be a problem?
Il Fatto Quotidiano, Italy
15 January 2019
Bellen schaadt cellen
De Groene Amsterdammer, Netherlands
15 January 2019
5G, i conflitti d’interessi che delegittimano studi e comitati dell’Ue
Il Fatto Quotidiano, Italy
15 January 2019
Mobilfunk: Wie gesundheitsschädlich ist 5G wirklich?
Der Tagesspiegel, Germany
14 January 2019
Aste stellari alla cieca. L’Italia prima per i fondi
Il Fatto Quotidiano, Italy
12 January 2019
5G. Vem aí uma revolução tecnológica, mas será boa para o negócio? E para a
Diário de Notícias, Portugal
12 January 2019
Rivoluzione 5G. Tra antenne e i troppi rischi ignorati dall’Ue
Il Fatto Quotidiano, Italy
12 January 2019
Elektrosmog: Europa ignoriert mögliches Krebsrisiko von 5G
Der Tagesspiegel, Germany
11 January 2019