Health Effects

Hundreds of peer-reviewed scientific articles point to health risks with 5G technology. In 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit has ruled that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must reexamine its health and safety guidelines for 5G and other wireless technologies in light of this research. Below are some of the summary studies.

  • The National Toxicology Program final report on radiofrequency cellular radiationquency cellular radiation found “There is clear evidence that RF radiation is a human carcinogen, causing glioma and vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma).” Further: “Our conclusion on RF radiation carcinogenicity is the following based on human epidemiology and supported by animal results in the NTP reports: Glioma, clear evidence; meningioma, equivocal evidence; vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma), clear evidence; pituitary tumor (adenoma), equivocal evidence; thyroid cancer, some evidence; malignant lymphoma, equivocal evidence; skin (cutaneous tissue), equivocal evidence; multi‑site carcinogen, clear evidence.”

  • Here is a summary talk by Joel Moskowitz, the Director of the Center for Family and Community Health at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, on the effect of cell towers and human health.

  • Here is a list of over 1500 peer-reviewed studies on the effect of electromagnetic fields on biology and health.

  • The article, We Have No Reason to Believe 5G is Safe, from Scientific American magazine, gives a good high-level summary of the state of 5G research. From the article:

    “Millimeter waves are mostly absorbed within a few millimeters of human skin and in the surface layers of the cornea. Short-term exposure can have adverse physiological effects in the peripheral nervous system, the immune system and the cardiovascular system. The research suggests that long-term exposure may pose health risks to the skin (e.g., melanoma), the eyes (e.g., ocular melanoma) and the testes (e.g., sterility). … Cancer is not the only risk as there is considerable evidence that radio frequency radiation causes neurological disorders and reproductive harm, likely due to oxidative stress.”