5G essential for the future.The potential dangerousness of 5G has already caused a lot of ink to flow, despite the expertise of rather reassuring experts. In France, the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Anses) believes that there is not much new under the sun…
“In the state of knowledge, the Agency considers it unlikely that the deployment of 5G will cause new health risks, compared to previous generations of telephony”, writes ANSES in a communication published at the end of the week. on its website. Some key excerpts below in italics.
More than 200 contributions collected
In April 2021, ANSES published its opinion on the assessment of the health effects associated with the deployment of 5G and the corresponding expert report. In view of the societal interest in the subject and in order to collect any additional data, the Agency wished to organize a public consultation on these documents.
Between April 20 and June 1, 2021, more than 200 contributions from associations, citizens and industrialists were collected, reflecting the need for clarification or details on this complex subject. Each comment was analyzed by the Agency.
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With the deployment of 5G technology in frequency bands already used by 3G and 4G technologies, between 700 MHz and 2.1 GHz, or in the 3.5 GHz frequency band, the global levels of exposure to electromagnetic fields will be comparable or slightly higher than those of existing technologies. It is unlikely that this deployment will lead to new health risks, compared to the results of expertise on previous generations of telephony.
Regarding the 26 GHz frequency band, which is not yet used in France for the deployment of 5G, the exposure is differentiated by a much lower penetration of the waves. However, there are currently too few data to conclude on the existence or not of health effects.
It is necessary to continue the production of data, in particular to follow the evolution of the exposure of the populations over the extension of the antenna park and the increase in the use of 5G networks. More generally, the acquisition of new knowledge, in particular on the links between exposure and health effects, also remains essential.
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