If you've ever wandered through a city and spotted tiny cell towers for 5G placed on poles for street lighting. They appear like tiny boxes, but they're actually broadcasting wireless signals from cell phone providers to your phone.
These smaller towers are replacing larger built cell towers. Although they're not as visible however, they could cause issues for users.
cell phone radiation define the maximum amount of time a person can be exposed to electromagnetic energy from wireless devices. The limits for exposure are based on scientific data that prove that electromagnetic energy can cause harm to health.
The absorption rate specific (SAR) is a measure of the amount of radiofrequency energy that is taken up by tissues. It's usually 1.6 watts per kilogram, spread over a kilogram of tissue.
Since 5g is able to transmit at higher frequencies, it has the potential to increase the intensity of energy on the skin and other exposed body areas. This could lead to various potential harms, including exacerbated appearance of skin conditions like dermatitis, cataracts and skin cancer.
Because of the potentially severe effects of 5g radiation , PSU has chosen to set a general localized limits on power density, which is 4mW/cm2 based on the average across 1 centimeter, and not exceeding 30 minutes for the entire 5G spectrum at 3000 GHz. This limit for localization is in line with the peak SAR spatial-average of 1.6 W/kg, which is averaged over 1 grams of tissues at six GHz.
The FCC's Maximum Exposure Thresholds
If you've ever used a mobile phone, then you're aware that a safe location from the tower is at least 400 meters away. This is due to the power of transmission from cell towers increases drastically the further away you are from it.
While this sounds like an ideal idea however, people who live close to towers may actually be more vulnerable to health problems. For example, a study from 2014 in India found that residents living within 50 meters from cell towers suffered significant more health issues than those living further distance from them.
But, the study revealed that those who relocated to areas that were further from cell towers noticed their symptoms improve within a couple of days. Other studies have demonstrated that exposure to extreme amounts of electromagnetic field radiofrequency (EMFs) can lead to brain tumors, cancers and other health issues.
This is because RF radiation, used for wireless communication, has the ability to penetrate the body's outer layer, which is the skin. This is important to understand since the skin serves as a barrier to protect against injuries caused by mechanical forces, infections caused by pathogenic microorganisms and the entry of harmful substances. Additionally, it is the largest organ of the human body, and is accountable for maintaining the integrity of other organs.
The FCC's Minimum Exposure Thresholds
The FCC's Minimum Exposure Thresholds are based on numerous assumptions that aren't supported by evidence from science. These include the erroneous assumption that short-term exposures to RF radiation are safe because of the minimal absorption into body (i.e. thermal heating of tissue).
The assumption also ignores the greater penetration of ELF components of modulated RF signals and the effects on the body of short bursts generated by RF waves that are pulsed. These assumptions are not in line with current understanding of the biological effects of RF radiation, and thus they shouldn't be considered for health protection exposure standards.
In addition to that, ICNIRP and FCC limit their exposure limits to local peak SARs based on the peak speed of spatial absorption (psSAR) that is not a sufficient dosimetric tool to assess the amount of radiation exposure. Particularly it is inconclusive for frequencies that exceed 6 GHz. Furthermore, psSAR has not been evaluated for RF radiation with co-exposure to other agents of the environment such like sunlight. The interactions of RF radiation with other environmental agents could produce synergistic or antagonistic results. This could result in the risk of having adverse health adverse effects. For instance, exposure to RF radiation and sunlight could cause an increase in the incidence of developing skin cancer, as well as aggravate other skin diseases such as acne.