5G Doesn’t Affect Your Health: 5 Points to Put Your Mind at Ease

Right now, you are reading these lines on the screen of a mobile phone, tablet, or computer.

For decades, our access to information and communication has depended on antennas and transmitters that bathe our surroundings in radiation – specifically, non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation.

Many people worry that this poses a health risk.

You might have heard that it’s better to turn off your mobile phone or Wi-Fi while you sleep, that living near a cell tower can cause cancer, or that some people are especially sensitive to the radiation they emit.

Such fears are normal when we deal with things we know are there but cannot see or feel.

To address these concerns, Spain’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Radio Frequencies and Health (CCARS) regularly publishes reviews of all available scientific evidence on these types of radiation to ensure that this technology is safe.

Here are the findings from CCARS’s most recent report, published last year.

25 Years of Reviewing Evidence

Since 1999, CCARS has reviewed evidence on cell tower radiation.

Each new generation of phone technology brings fresh doubts, and the recent 5G rollout fueled conspiracy theories, including that 5G spread COVID-19.

CCARS reviewed all evidence from 2020 to 2022.

Various studies have confirmed that, even with the 5G rollout, exposure levels are within safe limits. Researchers also analyzed lab research on possible effects on the human body and looked for any links between new wireless technologies and population-level health trends.

5 Points to Put Your Mind at Ease

From reviewing over 200 scientific articles, here are five key reassuring points:

1. No Cancer Link: None of the articles suggested a link between cancer and exposure to these types of radiation at typical levels.

2. Hypersensitivity: There was no evidence that hypersensitivity to these types of radiation is real. Symptoms are often explained by the nocebo effect.

3. Male Fertility: There is no clear evidence of any impact on male fertility.

4. Fetal and Child Development: No conclusive studies show a link between these types of radiation and fetal or later child development.

5. Sleep and Headaches: No evidence suggests a link between exposure to phone or Wi-Fi radiation and negative effects on sleep or headaches, which can result from various factors, including worrying about radiation effects.

These findings match other international reports, which also found no relationship between these types of radiation and human health.