If you've ever walked through a town and spotted tiny 5G cell towers on street light poles. They look like small boxes, but they're actually broadcasting wireless signals from mobile providers to your phone.
The smaller ones are being replaced by larger, purpose-built cell towers. While they're not as noticeable, they still can cause problems for people.
It is the of the FCC's Radiation Exposure Thresholds
The FCC's Radiation Exposure Thresholds determine the safe limit at which an individual can be exposed to electromagnetic radiation from wireless devices. The limits for exposure are based upon scientific research that prove that electromagnetic energy could be harmful to health.
The rate of absorption called the specific absorption rate (SAR) is a measure of the amount of radiofrequency energy taken up by tissues. It is typically 1.6 Watts per kilogram spread over a Gram of tissue.
But, since 5g operates at higher frequencies and has the potential to create more energy on the skin and other directly-exposed body areas. This can lead to various potential harms, including exacerbated formation of skin disorders such as dermatitis and cataracts, and skin cancer.
Due to the potential for harmful effects of radiation from 5G, PSU has chosen to create a general maximum power density of four mW/cm2 based on the average over 1 cm2, and never to exceed 30 minutes, for all 5G services running at 3000 GHz. This limit for localization is in line with the highest SAR spatial-average of 1.6 W/kg, averaged over one 5 grams of body tissue, at 6 GHz.
what is a safe distance from a 5g cell tower for Maximum Exposure
If you've ever used a cell phone, you're probably aware that the safest distance from the tower is around 400 meters. This is because the power of the transmission of cell towers increases drastically the further your location from the tower.
While this sounds like an ideal idea but the truth is that those living close to towers might be more prone to health issues. For example, a study from 2014 in India found that residents who lived within 50 meters of cell towers experienced much more health problems than those who lived farther far from antennas.
However, this study also found that people who moved into areas farther away from cell towers noticed their symptoms return to normal within a couple of days. Another study has revealed that exposure to high frequencies of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (EMFs) could cause cancer, brain tumors, and other health problems.
This is because RF radiation, which is used in wireless communication, can penetrate the human body's outer layer of skin. This is important to understand because the skin acts as a barrier to protect against injury to the body, infection by pathogenic microorganisms, and infiltration of toxic substances. The skin is the largest organ of the human body. It is responsible for keeping the integrity of the other organs.
The FCC's Minimum Exposure Thresholds for the Minimum Exposure
The FCC's Minimum Exposure Thresholds rely on several assumptions that aren't supported by evidence from science. They include the false belief that exposures of a short duration to RF radiation are safe due to the limited radiation penetration in the human body (i.e. the heating of tissues).
The assumption also ignores the more extensive penetration of ELF parts of modulated RF signals and the effect of short bursts of heat generated by RF waves that are pulsed. These theories are not compatible with current knowledge of the biological consequences of RF radiation. Therefore they shouldn't be used for health protective exposure standards.
Furthermore to that, ICNIRP and FCC are limiting their maximum limit of exposure to the local SARs, based on the maximum speed of spatial absorption (psSAR) that is not a sufficient dosimetric tool for determining the level of radiation exposure. In particular the psSAR tool is not accurate for frequencies above 6 GHz. In addition, psSAR is not been tested for RF radiation exposed to other environmental agents such like sunlight. The interactions of RF radiation and other agents in the environment could produce synergistic or antagonistic effects. This can lead to the risk of having adverse health consequences. For instance, exposure to RF radiation with sunlight may raise the chance of skin cancer, as well as aggravate other skin diseases such as acne.