First, I'd like to state that I'm aware of the issues associated with 5G cell towers and the health risks associated with them. Cities and communities across the world have vocally opposed and even banned their construction, and I think they are right to do so.
However, I am curious as to whether the 5G problem is associated with "5G" cell phones.
I have a based friend who may end up needing a new phone for work. Problem is, every phone on the market is "5G", and he wants to take care of himself as best as he can, hence why he's been hesitant to take the plunge on a newer phone.
Fortunately, we live in a county that recently denied multiple permit requests for 5G towers, so we're not as worried about 5G towers.
But do 5G smartphones have the same health risks as the 5G towers?
I'd appreciate feedback from people in the know.
You get a couple microwatts of power standing near the most powerful 5G towers. In about a week you will have absorbed the same amount energy as you get from eating a French fry.
Nothing about 5G is any more dangerous to the human body than 3G or 4G. Sunlight is orders of magnitude more powerful and more carcinogenic.
Ah demonizing the big bad sun. In case that worries folks, just go and read about the actual studies from decades ago that are the basis of the demonization of sunlight and connecting it to cancer. What you'll find is the application of UVB bulbs in that isolated frequency. i.e. FAKE LIGHT, not the proper use of the sun since time immemorial.
Try to find one study irradiating people with UVB light combined with 630nm, 670nm, 780nm, and 810nm wavelengths, just to mimic something of the solar spectrum's protective aspects.
Nothing of the sort. Instead, daily sunlight exposure (including spectrally contextualized UVB) and sleep are the only things we know of in the published literature that REDUCE ALL CAUSES OF DISEASE AND MORTALITY. Let that sink in deeply. Across all populations, diseases, times, and places, the sun and its link to sleep efficiency are the king of the longevity hill.
Particularly fun is that Swedish study a few years back about regular sunbathers. ALl cause mortality statistically lowered, with the corollary that sun avoidance among the general population raises the risks of all cause mortality to the same level as chronic smokers.
There's also the prevalence of low Vitamin D levels among those with skin cancers and melanomas in the dermatology literature. They should have sky high Vitamin D levels if the centralized medical establishment dogma on UV and cancer is true.
Clear now why we're still here and cancers didn't wipe out our ancestors a long time ago? Because they lived like human beings were supposed to. Outside, connected to nature, under the sun including UVB. Almost like human beings are adapted to it, and can continue to be if they choose.
In fact, read all you can about melanin, POMC, the leptin-melanocortin pathway. Melanin functionally acts as a wideband semiconducter, absorbing all frequencies and getting electrons to move by splitting water molecules. It is even proposed as a chemical for such in artificial applications. Regular sunlight exposure akin to our ancestors is an absolutely essential key to health and longevity.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jnc.15765
I did not demonize the sun. I said that you absorb more thermal energy from sunlight, and that this sunlight (which is partially UV) is far more likely to give you cancer or other damage than cellular networks. These are objectively true facts.
I'd like to see any instance of someone getting sunburn-like symptoms from using their phone. I'm around phones and computers 24/7 and have never experienced any negative effects; nor has anyone else I've ever known, most of whom consistently use phones as well.
I compare cellular networks to the sun to give people a proportional sense of scale. If sunlight is generally not harmful (with the exception of sunburns), then 5G is going to be even more harmless, especially since it imparts orders of magnitude less energy.
Oh, so when studies show that UV cause sunburns and are linked to skin cancer, it's demonizing, but when other studies show a weak correlation between 5G and cancer, it's totally legit. How convenient.
Again, not only do you have to show a correlation between radio waves and (insert malady here), but you also have to 1) propose a physical mechanism for why radio waves cause it, 2) prove by experiment that the proposed mechanism works, and 3) conclusively eliminate all other possible causes (genetics, exposure to other types of radiation, exposure to other carcinogenic substances, exposure to diseases, vaccination status, lifestyle choices, etc.)
At best only a weak correlation has been established between radio waves and (insert your disease of choice here). None of the other work has been done. I've said before and I'll keep saying it until people get it: correlation is not causation. That is a shortcut for lazy people who don't want to go through the work of proving their claims.
-"3) conclusively eliminate all other possible causes..."
What an utterly preposterous standard.
What’s preposterous is to not consider all the evidence and hold to theory and conjecture over data. Preposterous and lazy.
Why do scientists hold to evolution and Big Bang cosmology despite their failures? Why do we have flat earthers, terrain theorists, and ancient alien theorists?
They all have one thing in common: they are so wedded to their pet theories that they stubbornly refuse to consider all the relevant data and refuse to consider more reasonable explanations for the data that they do consider. All they do is shoot themselves in the foot, show themselves to be intellectually dishonest, and impede scientific progress.