DOES IT WORK AND RESEARCH INTO THE HEALTH IMPACT NEXT. >> WHAT IS 5 G YOU PROBABLY
HEARD. IT MEANS FASTER
INTERNET. MAYBE YOU’VE SEEN
THE 5 G SYMBOL ON YOUR PHONE
SOMEWHERE AND PERHAPS EVEN
HEARD ABOUT STUDIES LOOKING
INTO WHETHER 5 G AFFECTS HUMAN
HEALTH IN THIS KSAT EXPLAINS.
WE’RE BREAKING DOWN WHAT YOU
NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE RESEARCH
SO FAR.
>> AND WHAT MAKES 5 G
DIFFERENT?
>> WHY SAY WHAT IT IS? AND IT’S
WIFI ITS 5TH GENERATIONS.
THAT’S WHAT 5 G STANDS FOR.
FIFTH-GENERATION. IT’S NOT A
SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGY. IT’S
ACTUALLY A STANDARD. THE 5 G
THE FINES AND THE PERFORMANCE
LEVEL FOR THE NETWORK. THAT
PERFORMANCE LEVEL IS SET BY THE
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION
UNION. IT’S AN AGENCY OF THE
UNITED NATIONS THE IT USE.
THAT’S THE TECHNICAL STANDARDS
NEEDED TO KEEP THE ENTIRE WORLD
COMMUNICATING AND CONNECTING.
THEY ESSENTIALLY SAY, HEY,
HERE’S THE LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE
NEEDED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
AROUND THE WORLD IS ABLE TO
USE ALL THEIR EVER-ADVANCING
DEVICES SEAMLESSLY. IT’S UP TO
COMPANIES TO PUT THE TECHNOLOGY
IN PLACE. ONE OF THE
REQUIREMENTS OF 5 G IS TO HAVE
MILLIONS DEVICES SUPPORTED
WITHIN A SQUARE KILOMETER AREA.
THAT’S BY DEFINITION. THE GIANT
BRICK CELL PHONES OF THE 80’S
THAT REPRESENTED THE FIRST
GENERATION THEN CAME TO G WHICH
ALLOWED US TO MAKE CALLS AND
SEND TEXT MESSAGES. 3 G ADDED
INTERNET ACCESS. OK? SO NOW
WE’RE GETTING INTO THE
DISCUSSION OF WHAT’S REALLY
DIFFERENT THAN 4 G AND 5 G A
HUGE GOAL OF 5 G IS TO INCREASE
CAPACITY FROM 4 G.
>> MORE PEOPLE HAVE MORE
DEVICES AND MORE WAYS TO USE
THAT AND WE WANT TO USE THEM
EVERYWHERE. SO WE NEED MORE
POWER. WHAT 5 G SPECIFIES NOW
THAT 40 DIDN’T DO IS WHAT THEY
CALL MILLIMETER WAVES, WHICH
ARE UP IN THE 10’S OF
GIGAHERTZ, YOU KNOW,
FROM FROM 28 PEOPLE HURT UP TO
50 GIGA-HERTZ MILLIMETER WAVES
HELP INCREASE SPEED BECAUSE
THEY SUPPORT A WIDER BANDWIDTH
WHICH ALLOWS THOSE WAVES TO
SEND MORE DATA. BUT THERE’S A
PROBLEM WITH THOSE MILLIMETER
WAVES. THEY DON’T PROPAGATE
WELL. THAT MEANS THEY DON’T
TRAVEL THROUGH OBSTACLES LIKE
WALLS, FOR EXAMPLE. SO
SOMETHING IS NEEDED TO GIVE
THOSE WAVES MORE.
>> SMALLER CELLS. THINK OF A
CELL AS THE AREA AROUND THAT
ANTENNA WHERE YOUR DEVICE GETS
CONNECTIVITY IN 5 G WITH
MILLIMETER WAVES. CELLS HAVE
GOTTEN SMALLER AND CLOSER
TOGETHER TO HELP TRANSMIT THEM
FURTHER.
>> YOU’VE PROBABLY SEEN THE
NEWER INFRASTRUCTURE, THOSE
RECTANGULAR BOXES OR NOTES
POPPING UP ON UTILITY POLES.
AND SO YOU CAN OVERCOME SOME OF
THE PROPAGATION.
>> DELAYS AND INEFFICIENCIES
INSTEAD OF BROADCASTING LIKE
YOU SEE ON CELL TOWERS MAY BE
IN 120 DEGREES. NOW YOU CAN
NARROW THAT BEAM AND FOCUS ALL
THAT ENERGY SO YOU CAN GO FOR
THINK OF IT LIKE NARROWING THE
FOCUS OF A FLASHLIGHT. YOU CAN
FOCUS IT WHEN YOU HAVE A REALLY
WHY HE MIGHT PUT. YOU CAN SEE
AS FAR. BUT YOU CAN TAKE THAT
AND KNOW THAT THE NOW YOU’RE
TAKING ALL THAT LIGHT ENERGY
YOU CAN SEE FARTHER. BUT YOU
CAN’T SEE THE ANGLE. SO THE
TRAJECTORY OF THOSE WAVES IS
NOW MORE PRECISE IN FOR G.
THERE WAS A LIMIT OF 8.10 AS
PER NODE NOW WITH 5 G HUNDREDS
OF SMALLER ANTENNAS ARE USED
AND TYPICALLY THEY’RE CLOSER TO
THE GROUND.
>> WHICH MEANS THOSE RADIO
WAVES AT HIGHER FREQUENCIES AND
IN A MORE NARROW DIRECTION ARE
CLOSER TO US. AND THAT’S
RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
EXPOSURE TO THOSE WAVES COULD
IMPACT HUMAN HEALTH. ALICIA.
BUT I EXPLAINED HOW A WOMAN
IN CIBOLO HOPES TO KEEP 5 G
AWAY FROM HER CHILD’S SCHOOL.
>> CAN JUDGE OPENS WAS IN THE
PARENT PICKUP LINE WHEN SHE
NOTICED CONSTRUCTION ON THE
SIDEWALK. MAY IS WHEN I SAW
THE POLL MAY 6, SHE’S WORRIED
ABOUT RADIATION FROM THE FRIDAY
BOX AND THERE’S ACTUALLY A
WARNING ON THE BOX ITSELF THAT
READS NOTICE RF ENERGY EMITTED
BY THIS DEVICE MAY EXCEED THE
FCC’S GENERAL PUBLIC EXPOSURE
LIMITS STAY AT LEAST 2 FEET
AWAY FROM THE DEVICE YOU’RE
GOING TO BE EXPOSED TO
RADIATION. AND I GET THAT THAT
THERE’S SOME RADIATION THAT
ACCORDING TO THE FCC, THAT’S
SAFE. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME
>> YOU CAN SPEND CONCERNING
LIKE A 5. G PAUL TOBIN SAYS NO
WARNING WAS GIVEN BY THE CITY
OF CIBOLO FOR THE WIRELESS
PROVIDER. WE FOUND THERE ARE
VERY FEW REGULATIONS FOR THE
PLACEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF 5
G TOWERS IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
HE SEEMED TO HAVE THEIR HANDS
TIED BECAUSE OF A CLAUSE CALLED
RIGHT AWAY. WE CHECKED WITH THE
CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO
>> CONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL
GUIDELINES. SAN ANTONIO’S RIGHT
OF WAY. MANAGEMENT DIVISION
CANNOT RESTRICT THE
INSTALLATION OF WIRELESS TOWER
POLES IN PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY.
MORE THAN 50 WHY? BUT WE DON’T
ALLOW PROPRIETARY POLLS FOR
5 G NODES TO BE PLACED ON
STREETS THAT ARE LESS THAN 50
FEET WIDE. SO THAT PRETTY MUCH
KEEP THEM OUT OF RESIDENTIAL
AREAS.
>> HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME
REGULATIONS. WIRELESS COMPANIES
MUST FOLLOW. THERE’S AN
APPLICATION THAT THEY HAVE TO
THEY HAVE TO HAVE PROOF OF
INSURANCE AND THEN THEY HAVE TO
BE MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE ONLY
PUTTING IT IN ON INFRASTRUCTURE
WITHIN THE CITY’S RIGHT OF WAY.
IN CIBOLO. THE CITY
SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED THE
REMOVAL OF 2 TOWERS NOT IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR ZONING
GUIDELINES. THE CITY OF SAN
ANTONIO TELL SAYS IT HAS SO
FAR, NEVER REMOVE ANY NOTES.
THERE ARE 725 OF THEM. THEY
KNOW THEY’RE CLUSTERED IN THE
DOWNTOWN AREA AND NORTH AND
NORTHWEST SITES. YOU WILL SEE
MORE AND MORE 5 G NODES OVER
THE NEXT 2 YEARS BECAUSE THAT
IS GOING TO BECOME THE STANDARD
YET MORE PEOPLE ARE CHALLENGING
THE STANDARD. I THINK IT’S JUST
IMPORTANT FOR.
>> ATNT ARE RISING. WHATEVER
CARRIER COULD COMMUNICATE WITH
THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE RISK
OR, YOU KNOW, THE THE NON RISK
GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW
WHAT THEIR SCIENCES STUDIES
HAVE BEEN DONE ON THE HEALTH
IMPACT OF 5 G WHAT’S RADIATING
FROM THOSE ANTENNAS AFFECTS US.
>> WHAT IF YOU DO A QUICK
GOOGLE SEARCH? WHAT YOU FIND
CAN BE CONFUSING. SO IS THERE
PROVE INCONSISTENT REASON FOR
CONCERN WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS
AND WHY THERE’S A PROBLEM WITH IT. WHAT KSAT EXPLAINS CONTINUES NEXT.
>> WELCOME BACK TO KSAT
EXPLAINS HERE ON THE NEWS AT
6, WE’RE ANSWERING QUESTIONS
ABOUT 5 G IT MEANS FASTER
INTERNET AND BETTER
CONNECTIVITY. BUT THERE ARE
BIG HEALTH CONCERNS FOR SOME.
BUT IS THERE PROVEN CONSISTENT
REASON FOR CONCERN? THE SHORT
ANSWER IS SO FAR, NO. BUT THE
LONGER ANSWER IS THAT THERE ARE
PROBLEMS WITH THE STUDIES THAT
HAVE BEEN DONE. THERE WOULD
NOT COME TO THEIR HEALTH, BUT
THEY PROBABLY IN THE SENSE.
I THINK, COULD COME TO THOSE
WHO HAVE USED A LITTLE OVER
HALF. THE STUDY SHOWED AN
AFFECT. THE OTHER.
>> NUMBER
STUDIES DIDN’T. BUT AGAIN, EACH
OF THOSE STUDIES YOU CAN LOOK
AT AND SAY, WELL, I KNEW IT
SHOWED IN A FACT. BUT, YOU
KNOW, THEY DIDN’T CONTROL FOR
TEMPERATURE. THEY DIDN’T REALLY
CONTROL FOR THE TYPE OF ANIMAL
THAT WAS BEING USED FOR, YOU
KNOW, SOME OTHER CHALLENGE WITH
THE STUDY ITSELF THAT MAKES
IT AN REPRODUCIBLE. SO WHEN
IT’S NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN
SCIENCE, WE TEND NOT TO TRUST
IT.
>> THE STUDIES LOOKED AT
WHETHER RADIATION FROM 5 G
TECHNOLOGY COULD CAUSE GENETIC
DAMAGE. JUST RAISING THE
TEMPERATURE OF A LIVING TISSUE
CAN DAMAGE THE DNA. SO IF
YOU’RE CONTROLLING PROPERLY
FOR THAT FOR THAT AFFECT, THEN
YOU MIGHT FIND A FALSE POSITIVE
RESULT. BIGGEST OF THOSE
PROBLEMS THAT THEY WILL NOT
BE ABLE TO CONCLUDE THAT BUT
THAT IT.
DOCTOR BJ’S LATEST PUBLICATION
HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR MORE
STRINGENT BETTER CONTROLLED
EXPERIMENTS.
>> BUT RESEARCH TAKES TIME.
SO LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE
KNOW RIGHT NOW. EVERY DAY AS WE
WALK THROUGH OUR ENVIRONMENT,
WE’RE BEING BOMBARDED.
>> BY ELECTROMAGNETIC
RADIATION, WHETHER IT’S A RADIO
STATION BROADCASTING, WHICH IS
A PRETTY LOW ENERGY WHERE 5 G
IT’S BROADCASTING, WHICH IS
A BIT HIGHER ENERGY WHERE THE
SUN ITSELF, WHICH WE KNOW IS A
VERY HIGH ENERGY UVA IS
BOMBARDING US AND IN DAMAGING
OR TO DNA.
>> REGULARLY. BUT THERE’S A
MUCH GREATER DISTANCE BETWEEN
US AND THE SUN THAN US AND 5 G
ANTENNAS. TRUE. HOWEVER, THE
SUN IS MUCH, MUCH MORE POWERFUL
THAN ANY A MANMADE SOURCES ARE
HUMAN-MADE SOURCE OF RADIATION.
IT’S NOT THE HIGHER FREQUENCIES
USED BY MILLIMETER WAVES IN 5 G
THAT RAISE QUESTIONS. THEY
DON’T PENETRATE. WELL.
>> IT’S THE TRANSMISSION.
>> ALTHOUGH SMALLER CELLS WHICH
CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR
EXPOSURE. EXACTLY IF THERE IS
SOME 5 G DNA DAMAGE, IT’S VERY
SMALL.
>> IN OUR BODIES ARE NORMALLY
REPAIRING IT IN THE WAY THAT
THEY SHOULD. A PUBLICATION FROM
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF
HEALTH IN 2019 SHOWED
BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES AT SOME
FREQUENCIES.
>> BUT CONCLUDED THAT THERE
WAS CONTRADICTORY INFORMATION
AND TOO FEW STUDIES IN 2020,
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
NOTED NO ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECT.
BUT AGAIN, ONLY A FEW STUDIES.
>> IF YOU ARE CONCERNED, THERE
ARE SOME THINGS YOU CAN DO.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS YOU
SPEAKER, PHONE OR USE?
>> BLUE TOOTH WHICH IS
CONNECTING THROUGH A DIFFERENT
TYPE OF 3 D AWAY.
>> IN PLACE THE THE DEVICE
ITSELF, THAT’S THE 5 G DEVICE A
LITTLE BIT FURTHER FROM EVEN
A FOOT OR SO CAN MAKE A
DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE. THE BOTTOM
LINE MEANS IT IS SAID THAT HE’S
NO THAT WAY, BUT THAT 5 G
TECHNOLOGY STATE, BUT NOT.
BUT RESEARCHERS ARE STILL
LOOKING FOR THAT PROOF. WE MAY
VERY WELL HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVE ON IT. IN 5 YEARS.
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