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"The hype and madness surrounding 5G has always been pretty wild to watch.
On one hand, wireless carriers spent years implying that 5G was some type of
cancer curing miracle technology (it’s not). At the same time, oodles of
conspiracy theorists, celebrities, and various grifters tried to claim 5G was a
rampant health menace (it’s not). In reality, 5G’s not actually interesting
enough to warrant either position, but that never stopped anybody in the
post-truth era.
The Trump administration’s pseudo-populist attempt to tap into the more
delirious and desperate segments of the electorate has long taken advantage of
this latter group’s often-legitimate distrust of modern medicine, corporations,
and public safety regulators.
That’s once again the obvious plan for CDC conspiracy chief RFK Jr., who
continues to purge government websites of any language that points out that
cellular phone human health risks have not been scientifically proven via
peer-reviewed, large studies:
“The FDA removed online information that said scientists have not connected
exposure to radiofrequency (RF) waves, emitted by cell phones, to health
problems in users.
Some of the removed webpages contained “old conclusions,” an HHS
spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal. The spokesperson also said that
researching cell phone radiation would “identify gaps in knowledge.” The
agency provided a similar statement to Scientific American, adding that
the research was “directed by President Trump’s MAHA Commission.”
RFK Jr. says he’s launching new “studies” (whatever that means given the
standards we’ve seen applied in his unscientific anti-vaccination rhetoric)
exploring the impact of 5G wireless on human health, and has been making the
rounds making scary noises to what’s left of U.S. journalism institutions (like
the pretty feckless
USA Today):
“Generally speaking, electromagnetic radiation is a major health concern,”
Kennedy said in the exclusive interview, when asked for his concerns about
5G towers. “I’m very concerned about it.”
In these interviews, RFK Jr. is making completely false claims that there’s
“more than 10,000 studies” proving a clear risk of human harm from cell phone
use. The World Health Organization found no justification for health concerns
after a meta-analysis of nearly
thirty years of research."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
