Welcome to the 5G

[Ninurta]

What is 5G?
5G is the next generation of mobile phone technology. It promises faster downloads and increased capacity.
The radio waves involved in 5G - and the previous generation networks - sit on the low frequency end of the electromagnetic
spectrum.

Less powerful than visible light, they are not energetic enough to damage cells - unlike radiation at the higher frequency end
of the spectrum, which includes the sun's rays and medical x-rays.

BBC:

That right there is false information from the BBC. 5G runs on microwaves, which are SHORT waves (hence the "micro" bit). Shorter waves are HIGHER frequency, because, since the peak-to-peak length of the wave is shorter, more peaks pass a given point in a given unit of time. In other words, they pass more frequently - i.e. at a higher frequency.

Radar installations that can fry passing birds with a flash as well as that little box in my kitchen that I cook frozen burritos in both also work on microwaves - the key is in the power of the transmission. Microwaves that flash-fry stuff are pretty powerful. If they're not so powerful, they don't travel very far, which is why they are talking about putting 5G repeaters every 200 feet along roads to insure coverage.

X-rays, gamma rays, beta rays and alpha rays are "ionizing radiation", and it's the ionization that mucks up your cells. Microwaves muck up your cells by cooking them from the inside. I'm not sure the distinction is important to the mucked up cell, however.

Clearly the BBC has trouble with science and physics - but, if they had studied science, they probably wouldn't have gone into yellow journalism, now would they?

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