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us, but I’ve heard that the push comes from consumer demand for faster Internet and better connections.
TS: Yes, they are saying all of that. Some of this doesn’t add up. Within your home, you have your own connections that you can set up through your modem. What’s not being said is that wired service is faster, safer and more se- cure, especially related to hacking. Hacking is a whole other issue related to 5G that could be its own podcast topic. But you can get super-fast service in your home with wires. We recom- mend using the safer and more secure wired communications as much as possible.
HG: And this is because wired is faster, more secure and offers less exposure to radiation. Is that the crux of the problem with 5G, that we’re getting exposed to more radiation?
TS: I think the radiation is the number one issue for many people, certainly for myself. But there are many problems. There are issues of environ- mental impacts from all of the energy use that this explosion of interconnected technology is going to use. Plus there are the privacy issues. If everything is connected with everything else, you can easily hack into it. All of your infor- mation is being utilized by companies who are creating a picture of you as a consumer.
HG: These companies are pushing for it. But shouldn’t the health and environmental impli- cations be carefully thought through before we proceed with the installation of 5G?
TS: Senators have been calling on the FCC for proof of safety because a couple months ago it was stated that there was proof of safety, when we know there is not. In fact, what’s happened in our government is that there isn’t a health and safety agency whose job it is to systematically review the science to determine the radiation and effects and what will it mean for human health. There hasn’t been any systematic re- view. I had assumed there had been. Our kids are being handed cell phones, and we’re using devices more and more. Surely, I assumed, they did a study and are doing ongoing research to determine whether this is safe, and they must know what a safe level is. In fact, this was never done. In the United States, we never determined safety standards. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was defunded from doing that in 1996. Here we are, two decades later, and now we are adding 5G, which is going to be using all the current frequencies and technologies and adding in higher frequencies—millimeter waves—especially in the cities. This is what the companies are saying that they are going to be using. Millimeter waves are used as a crowd control weapon because at very high levels they make your skin feel like it is burning. They are uniquely absorbed into the skin.
HG: Many scientists are now saying that there needs to be a moratorium on 5G. Over two hundred and fifty scientists are calling for a moratorium on this rollout because of the con- cern about cancer and because we don’t have adequate safety limits.
What’s not being said is that wired service is faster, safer and more secure, especially related to hacking.
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