Dear Editor:
The imminent arrival of 5G networks to Canada is an event the public should be informed about as no extensive health studies have been done on the effects of this technology. There is plenty of concern in government circles about data security and privacy, but what about health concerns?
5G networks require mmWave antenna boxes every few hundred meters across any given coverage area, including inside buildings.
Some scientists are warning that cell towers should be distanced from houses, day care centres, schools, and places frequented by pregnant women, men who wish to father healthy children (don’t they all?) and young children. If this is the case, there really is no safe place to put these antennas as all these categories of people live and work all over the places where telecommunications companies propose to construct the 5G network.
The health risks scientists are concerned about include oxidative stress, neurotoxicity, carcinogenicity (cancer), sperm morphology, fetal, newborn and early growth development, links to autism spectrum disorder, and DNA damage.
Since humans already acquire between 100 to 300 damaging mutations each generation on top of those acquired by previous generations, is it wise to go blindly at high-speed into 5G technology?
Our elected officials and government agencies, like Health Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Health, need to thoroughly test this technology. Otherwise, we will be conducting the largest biological experiment in the history of the world.
Jane Vandervliet,
Erin