June 2024: Summary of seven Swedish case reports on the microwave syndrome associated with 5G radiofrequency radiation. Link
March 2024: Case study 5G Sweden: An eight year old boy develops headache in school close to a 5G mast. Link
January 2024: Seventh case study on 5G from Sweden. Link
December 2023: Sixth case study on 5G: Family including three children developed microwave syndrome while on holiday near 5G mast. Link
November 2023: Fifth case study on 5G shows man rapidly developed microwave syndrome after 5G antennas was installed close to his apartment. Link
October 2023: Webinar on 5G – 5G Exposé with presentations from Dr Igor Belyaev, Dr Lennart Hardell, Dr Klaus Buchner, Frank Clegg and Mona Nilsson. Link to videos
October 2023: Critical comment on the SCHEER final opinion that recommends that EU adopts ICNIRP 2020 guidelines. (Letter) By Rainer Nyberg and Lennart Hardell. (pdf)
October 2023: Critical comment on the Gigabit Infrastructure Act (GIA) for the deployment of 5G millimeter wave technology (Letter). By Rainer Nyberg and Lennart Hardell. (pdf)
September 2023: 5G Radiofrequency radiation caused the microwave syndrome in a family
living close to the base stations. Fourt case study on health impact from 5G real exposure. By Mona Nilsson and Dr Lennart Hardell. Link
August 2023: The European Union assessments of radiofrequency radiation health risks – another hard nut to crack (Review) by Rainer Nyberg, Julie McCredden, Lennart Hardell. Link
July 2023: Public Benefit or Big Profits for Big Telecom? Here’s What’s Really Driving the 5G Rollout. The Defender. Link
June 2023: Faster Rollout of Wireless Infrastructure Serves Industry Not U.S. Citizens, Experts Say. The Defender. Link
April 2023: 5G base station at 60 meter’s distance caused very high microwave exposure and the microwave syndrome in a 52 year old woman. Third case study on health effects from 5G real exposure by Dr Lennart Hardell and Mona Nilsson Link
March 2023: Top Scientists Find ‘Substantial Scientific Evidence’ RF Radiation Causes Cancer. The Defender. Link
March 2023: The Nordic Appeal. “the first two studies to date on the effects of 5G have shown that 5G base stations cause adverse health effects in humans and that radiation similar to 5G damages neurons in the brain in animal experiments. The brain damage observed could eventually lead to Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases.” Link
February 2023: 5G Towers Can Make Healthy People Sick, Two Case Reports Show. “A new case report on two previously healthy men who developed “microwave syndrome” symptoms after a 5G cell tower was installed on the roof of their office, and a similar report published last month, show that non-ionizing 5G radiation can cause health problems in people with no prior history of electromagnetic sensitivity.” Link
February 2023: Second case study on health effects from a 5G base station. “In this case study we describe two men, case 1 and case 2, working in three office rooms close to base stations. After the deployment of 5G, both men developed symptoms typical for the microwave syndrome, e.g., headache, tinnitus, dizziness, balance disorder, concentration and attention deficiency, and fatigue. Radiofrequency Radiation (RFR) after the 5G deployment was measured in the three offices. In office one maximum (peak)
RFR during one minute varied from 463 to 1,180,000 μW/m2“. Link
January 2023: 4 Studies Add to Evidence of Wireless Technology-Related Electromagnetic Radiation in Humans. “Four new studies shed light on human exposure to electromagnetic radiation from wireless technologies, but the authors of one study alleged industry tried to censor their research, and in another case, critics accused researchers of having conflicts of interest with the telecom industry.” Link
January 2023: Former ICNIRP member direct severe criticism against the ICNIRP guidelines: “They are flawed and are not applicable to long-term exposure at low levels. Instead of advances in science, they are predicated on misguided assumptions with outdated exposure metrics that do not adequately protect children, workers, and the public from exposure to the RF radiation or people with sensitivity to
electromagnetic radiation from wireless devices and systems. Thus, many of the recommended limits are debatable and absent of scientific justification from the standpoint of safety and public health protection.” Link
January 2023: First case study on health effects from a 5G base station. “In this case, report two previously healthy persons, a man aged 63 years and a woman aged 62 years, developed symptoms of the microwave syndrome after installation of a 5G base station for wireless communication on the roof above their apartment.” Hardell et Nilsson 2023: The Microwave Syndrome after Installation of 5G Emphasizes the Need for Protection from Radiofrequency Radiation. Link
January 2023: WHO’s Cancer Research Agency to Assess 5G Health Risks — But Not Until 2025. “The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer will participate in a project to assess the health risks of exposure to 5G technologies, but critics accused the agency of ignoring already existing evidence and suggested the results could be tainted by industry partners” Link
September 2022: The European Union prioritises economics over health in the rollout of radiofrequency technologies. “Since September 2017, the EU 5G Appeal has been sent six times
to the EU, requesting a moratorium on the rollout of 5G. This article reviews the 5G Appeal and the EU’s subsequent replies, including the extensive cover letter sent to the EU in September 2021, requesting stricter guidelines for ex-posures to radiofrequency radiation (RFR).” By Nyberg, McCredden, Weller, Hardell. Open access. Link
March 2022: First study on 5G health effects show that radiation from 5G base stations cause microwave syndrome. Case study from Sweden. Link
January 2022: Very high radiofrequency radiation at Skeppsbron in Stockholm, Sweden from mobile phone base station antennas (5G) positioned close to pedestrians’ heads. Article by Koppel, Ahonen, Carlberg, Hardell. Link
August, 2021: Dr. Hugh Taylor, Chief of OBGYN at Yale Medicine on Cell Phone Radiation Lawsuit EHT et al v. FCC. Link
August, 2021: The U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit court: the Federal Communications Commission failed to provide a reasoned explanation for its determination that its current guidelines adequately protect against harmful effects of exposure to radiofrequency radiation. Link CHD and Link EHT
May 2021: Former president of Microsoft Canada demands proof that 5G is safe. Challenge telecommunication company to show the evidence. Link
May 2021: Italys stricter standard for radiofrequency radiation at risk. Seen as barrier to 5G. Link
April 2021: Scientific paper propose COVID-19 Attributed Cases and Deaths are Statistically Higher in States and Counties with 5th Generation Millimeter Wave Wireless Telecommunications in the United States. Link
April 2021: French expert report believe 5G will not pose any health risks. Concludes however there are no studies on effects from 3,5 GHz and 26 GHz. Link
January 2021: Expert urges to stop 5G networks until people’s safety is confirmed. Link
December 2020: “Havana syndrome” likely caused by pulsed microwave radiation, government study concludes. Link media article, The NAS report
October 2020: The city council of Lille in northern France vote for a moratorium on 5G. Link (in French)
September 2020: Health Council of the Netherlands in expert report on health risks with 5G recommends not to use 26 GHz and to investigate wether the use of 5G results in cancer, reduced male fertility, poor pregnancy outcomes and birth defects. Link
September 2020: The regional parliament of Corsica (France) vote for a 5G moratorium. Link (in French)
September 2020: Over 60 French mayors and officials call for a 5G moratorium. A petition addressed to Prime Minister Jean Castex, signed by over sixty elected officials including Jean-Luc Mélenchon (deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône (FI)), Manon Aubry (European deputy (FI)) or Michèle Rubirola ( mayor of Marseille) urge the government to decide on a moratorium on the deployment of 5G. Link
July 2020: Scientific commentary article by Dr Lennart Hardell and Michael Carlberg: Health risks from radiofrequency radiation, including 5G, should be assessed by experts with no conflicts of interest. Link
June 2020: Doctors for the environment, Switzerland, gives recommendations for mobile phone communication, health risks and 5G. Link
June 2020: Hvar in Croatia suspends introduction of 5G. The Town Council suspend 5G until an independent and impartial study proves that such technology has no negative impact on humans and the environment. Link
May 2020: Stop5GNL foundation bring lawsuit against the Dutch government to stop 5G roll out. Court proceedings held on May 4th. Link
May 2020: Nigeria senate asks the government to suspend deployment of 5G network in Nigeria. Link
May 2020: Some 400 doctors and 900 health care workers have signed a letter to the government, asking for a moratorium of 5G technology and that the public is informed about health risks with wireless technologies (The Electrosmog Appeal, Belgium). Link (in French)
April 2020: Switzerland maintains strict limits for radiation from base stations. Decision from goverment April 22, 2020. Link
March 2020: Effects of 5G wireless communication on human health. A report from European Parliament Research Service. Link
February 2020: Geneva halts 5G and 4G+ rollout for three years. Link (in French).
January 2020: Slovenia halts adoption of broadband strategy including 5G due to uninvestigated health risks. Link
January 2020: Scientific study report that honey bees will absorb several times more power at frequencies intended for use by 5G: “a relatively small shift of 10% of environmental incident power density from frequencies below 3 GHz to higher frequencies will lead to a relative increase in absorbed power of a factor higher than 3.” Link
January 2020: French Authority, Anses, concludes in preliminary report on health risks from 5G that there are no studies on health- or biological effects available on frequencies between 3-4 GHz. The very same frequencies that are intended to be used in the 5G roll-out. For frequencies between 24 and 30 GHz, only three studies on effects at 28 GHz and 27 GHz were found. For frequencies between 40 and 60 GHz the report found more studies. Final report is expected in 2021. Link (in French)
January 2020: Dr Lennart Hardell and prof. em. Rainer Nyberg and the 5G Appeal. In this article, the the 5G appeal and the letters to the EU Health Commissioner since September, 2017 and the authors’ rebuttals are summarized. Link
January 2020: Letter from 23 scientists to president in Switzerland expressing concern that a Swiss report on potential health effects from 5G was led by a person with conflicts of interests and history of misrepresentation of science. Link
October 2019: More than 300 Belgian physicians warns of health consequences of deployment of 5G and other wireless technologies in Hippocrates Electrosmog Appeal. Link
October 2019: Officials in Totnes, UK vote to ban installations of 5G. Link.
September 2019: The Pancyprian Medical Association and Cyprus National Committee on the Environment and Child Health submitted a position paper on 5G to the Cyprus Parliamentary Committees on Environment and Health. Link
September 2019: Telenor started 5G tests at their headquarter in Oslo, Norway. Several persons working in the neighborhood complain of severe headache right after the start of the tests. Link (in Norwegian)
September 2019: The regional goverment of Wallonia, Belgium decide to investigate health- and environmental risks before deployment of 5G. Link (in French)
September 2019: Several thousand protest against 5G in Swiss capital. Opponents of 5G in Switzerland gathered in Bern on Saturday to protest against forced radiation and called for a national moratorium on 5G as well as the creation of radiation-free zones. Link
September 2019: The real dangers of 5G. It is the added effect of 5G on 3G and 4G EMR which are a must for the effective function of 5G, and the widespread use of IoT that will synergistically augment environmental health hazards and hence increase morbidity and mortality. Once 5G is used for daily purposes, it is envisaged that humanity is bound to crash much quicker. By Godfrey Farrugia, MD. Link
August 2019: Glastonbury council opposes 5G roll out due to its ‘unpredictable’ health effects. Link
July 2019: First reported 5G injuries in Swiss Magazine. Link
May 2019: Letter to EU Commissioner of the Environment, requesting a moratorium on 5G roll-out, new guidelines for exposure and documents that show safety of 5G. Link
April 2019: Jura in Switzerland adopts resolution for a moratorium of 5G. Link
April 2019: Dutch house of representatives is concerned about the health risks of radiation from the new 5G network. Political parties want to know as a matter of urgency what the 5G dangers are before 5G is rolled out on a large scale. Link
April 2019: Geneva, Switzerland, adopts resolution for a moratorium of 5G. A clear majority of the local council ask for research on effects of 5G on health and the wildlife before 5G roll out. The adopted text: ““invite le Conseil d’Etat à mettre en place un moratoire concernant l’installation de la 5G sur le territoire de la République et canton de Genève tant que des études scientifiques indépendantes de l’industrie démontrent la non-nocivité de la 5G sur le corps humain.” Link
April 2019: Vaud in Switzerland adopts resolution for a moratorium of 5G. The measure applies until it receives a report of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment on 5Gs impact on health and wildlife. Link
April 2019: Petition signed by over 50 000 Germans ask the parliament to stop the auction of 5G frequencies on health grounds. Link
March 2019: Stop5G vote expressed by the XII Municipality of Roma. The local council wants to create “a 5G free area”. With 11 votes in favor and 3 abstentions, the XII Municipality of Roma Capitale voted against the experimentation with 5G. A large slice of the city of Rome therefore wants to avoid fifth generation wireless, creating a ‘5G free’ area in the Portuense, Gianicolense and Monteverde areas up to Maccarese and Castel di Guido: “We ask the mayor to stop the 5G trial and not to raise the limit values of the threshold of electromagnetic radiation avoiding the positioning of mini-millimeter microwave antennas on homes, schools, day care centers, recreation centers, street lamps and more “, the approved text writes. Link.
March 2019: Florence, Italy, will apply precaution regarding 5G roll-out. The local council decided that “for the installations of the 5G technology before issuing individual authorizations in view of the application of the Precautionary Principle and public health”, “carefully evaluating any authorization for 5G installations in the territory of the municipality of Florence”. Link
March 2019: Portland City Council in Oregon, USA, unanimously approved a resolution calling for the Federal Communications Commission to study the health hazards of 5G technology. The resolution introduced by Commissioner Amanda Fritz said the FCC has not studied such risks, even though studies compiled and released by the European Union found cancer and other risks. Link
March 2019: Radiation concerns halt Brussels 5G development, for now. Plans for a pilot project to provide high-speed 5G wireless internet in Brussels have been halted due to fears for the health of citizens, according to reports. In July, the government concluded an agreement with three telecom operators to relax the strict radiation standards in Brussels. But according to the Region, it is now impossible to estimate the radiation from the antennas required for the service. Link
February 2019: US Senate hearing: No studies show 5G is safe. During a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the future of 5G wireless technology and their impact on the American people and economy, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) raised concerns with the lack of any scientific research and data on the technology’s potential health risks. Link
October 2018: 5G and systems using frequencies above 10 GHz may cause tissue heating and permanent tissue damage at intensities tolerated by ICNIRP: “Even though the time- and area-averaged power density values remain within the acceptable safety limits for continuous exposure, these bursts may lead to short temperature spikes in the skin of exposed people…The results also show that the peak-to-average ratio of 1,000 tolerated by the International Council on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection guidelines may lead to permanent tissue damage after even short exposures, highlighting the importance of revisiting existing exposure guidelines.”. Link
September 2018: Bay Area City, California, USA, halts 5G development over health concerns. Link
July 2018: According to Ericsson, one major industry player in the 5G technology, 5G base stations will significantly increase microwave or radiofrequency radiation making it “impossible” or a “major problem” to roll out the technology in countries with better protection against radiation hazards (i.e. Switzerland, Italy, Russia etc.) than the obsolete limits recommended by ICNIRP. According to Dr Lennart Hardell: “No doubt this presentation by Ericsson show that 5G will increase exposure, proper scientific evaluation has not been done and re-enforces the need for a moratorium as demanded in the 5G Appeal.” Link
June 2018: Letter to UN Sectretary General António Guterres informing that scientists from all over the world warn of serious health and environmental effects of 5G in the 5G Appeal. Link
June 2018: Letter to prime ministers of Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Iceland from prof. em. Rainer Nyberg and Dr Lennart Hardell, informing them of the 5G appeal. 200+ scientists call for a moratorium of 5G roll-out. “5G might have serious negative effects on public health and the environment, which we ask you to consider”. Link
June 2018: Scientific Conference Segovia, Spain: 5G, Health and Environment, June 16-17, 2018. Programme
May 2018: 5G wireless speeds could be dangerous. The wireless industry is rolling out powerful 5G technology throughout the United States. However, some studies show a link between cell phone radiation and cancer. rt.com
May 2018: The roll out of 5G is a massive health experiment, public health expert warns. Daily Mail
May 2018: “5G: Great risk for EU, U.S. and International Health! Compelling Evidence for Eight Distinct Types of Great Harm Caused by Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Exposures and the Mechanism that Causes Them” by Professor Martin Pall, Washington State University, USA. Link
April 2018: Will driverless cars cause DNA damage and cancer? Article describing the 5G and self driving cars connection: “The microwave radar systems used in DAS and driverless cars can project microwave radiation for more than 750 feet in front of the vehicle and a similar distance behind the vehicle. They use a combination of short-range, medium-range, and long-range microwave radar systems at very high frequencies. Each radar system uses different Gigahertz microwave frequencies much higher than current generation cell phones and Wi-Fi. These frequencies have not been tested to prove they are safe for humans. No safety studies have been done to determine the dangers of constant exposure to multiple microwave frequencies.” Link
April 2018: 5G will generate significantly higher radiation, “a major health concern”. Study finds that 5G will generate “significantly higher power density (PD) and specificabsorption rate (SAR) than a current cellular system”.
“Thus,when a larger phased antenna is used or when a user moves closer to the AP, the PD value becomes a major health concern which inevitably requires more research about health effects of 5G before it is deployed successfully by strictly following the RF emission standards.” Link.