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All you need to know to understand 5G

Sabine Hossenfelder

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For anyone, no background needed. Education, not medical advice.

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Evidence and public healthPublic health and policy

Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains how 5G technology works and evaluates the scientific evidence regarding its potential health risks.

Special Christmas deal! Get 68% off of a 2-year plan and get 4 additional months free. Just go to nordvpn.org/sabine and use our coupon code sabine at checkout. You can support me on Patreon: patreon.com/Sabine The two open letters by scientists are here: 5gappeal.eu/about/ emfscientist.org/ The meta-review shown at 14 mins 39 secs is this one: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6765906/ The article I quote at about 15 mins is this: spectrum.ieee.org/news-from-around-ieee/the-institute/ieee-m… The WHO site I refer to at 15 mins 37 secs is here: who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/radiation-5g-mobile-networks-an… You can join the chat about this video on Saturday (Dec 19) at noon Eastern Time/6pm CET here: talk.conversful.com/c?id=-MOgGVtHSzUACJbkD_Q- Intro What is 5G? What is electromagnetic radiation What damage can electromagnetic radiation do? Frequency vs Power Back to 5G: What's the problem? What is known about mm waves? Sponsor Message #science #technology #education

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What people say. Recommended as an even-handed and scientifically grounded explanation of 5G technology and its potential health effects.

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Sabine Hossenfelder has a great explanation of 5G controversy1 that is somewhat relevant. Explains why it is probably not dangerous, but also indicates why some additional study is warranted. 1: link to this video
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While you're ignoring everything they say about radiation, you can also suggest they watch "All you need to know to understand 5G" by Sabine Hossenfelder. link to this video
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If you’re actually curious about the topic, this is an even-handed (reasonably well-informed) take on the matter from physicist Sabine Hossenfelder: link to this video One of the interesting points in the video is that 5G’s high frequency band of 24-48GHz is _not_ well understood with studies. The typical cell phone radiation/cancer studies deal with the much lower-frequency bands (hundreds of MHz or 1-5GHz), but that doesn’t necessarily transfer to the new higher frequencies. Per the video, it is known that frequencies that high can warm the skin and irritate the eyes if they’re at really high power, but it’s not known exactly what power threshold for such millimeter waves is considered “safe”, and th…
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Regarding 5G I thought the same but according to Sabine it is not quite clear it is safe: link to this video 14:00 "Now the thing is if you look what is known about the health risks from long-term exposure to the new millimeter waves band, there are basically no studies. "
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