Reasons to Halt 5G

Opposed to 5G Rules Set by FCC:

• US Conference of Mayors 
• National Association of Counties (letter emphasizes environmental threat of enormous wireless rollout)
• Utilities Technology Council (doubts consumer benefits)
• Massachusetts Municipal Association
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• The 5G Appeal: Scientists and doctors warn of potential serious health effects of 5G
• 5G Space Appeal

• Many have adequate wireless access, despite industry denial; hence FCC claims refusal amounts to “presumptive” denial of service is wrong
• Wear and tear of town- or city-owned property, but extreme limits on fees
• Property devaluation: 79% of buyers refuse homes by cellular infrastructure[i]
• Fee limits set by the FCC subsidize wireless at expense of copper, fiber optic, and cable competition, when wireless is the least secure and most expensive
• Incentives do not exist to provide rural areas with better access

Appearance & Size

• Antenna enclosures may be up to 50 feet high, 6 cubic feet; associated equipment may be heavy, refrigerator size, & up to 28 cubic feet with potentially noisy fans
• Equipment potentially every 100 feet in line of sight and maximum 1/3 mile apart
• Overlapping installations from multiple providers with competing small cells

 Lack of Safety Review or Monitoring

• Preventing local safety review by “batching” multiple applications as one application under a 60- or 90-day shot clock
• Lack of monitoring by the FCC to insure any compliance with (lax) FCC guidelines and a lack of qualified inspectors or monitoring equipment, especially at 5G frequencies
• Lack of ability to insure 5G antennas are off in order to protect utility or other workers
• Refusal by FCC to conduct an environmental review of small cell infrastructure or allow protections as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

Aggravations & Serious Hazards

• Small cell equipment obstructs paths, problematic for those with walking disabilities
• Wireless investment subtracts from maintenance of copper phone lines, which work best during power outages, and more secure, long-lived FiOs.
• Wireless is substantially more energy intensive than wired infrastructure, & satellite wireless even more
• Many 5G frequencies require higher power than normal to work & special antennas (phased arrays) that concentrate power & increase exposure; 5G uses 3.5-300 GHz frequencies hardly/never used
• Associated equipment is potentially a fire hazard if equipped with propane or diesel generators or lithium ion batteries & a toxic hazard exists if nickel & cadmium leaks
• Potential falling or explosion hazard from being hit by a car or falling in an earthquake

• Potential design to prevent any damage may mean solidity to the point that a car hitting the equipment would be crushed and kill its occupants

Wireless & 5G Warnings:

• In 2011 wireless was classed as a Group 2B “possible human carcinogen” by the World Health Organization. Studies since confirm brain, cardiac, reproductive & glucose disruption, antibacterial resistance, reduced soil fertility, birth defects, etc.
• Concerned adding more & adding 5G frequencies is environmentally risky due to power levels & limited but still concerning 5G research, scientists recommend amoratorium[i] [ii]

[i] Cell Towers, Antennas Problematic for Buyers. (2014, Jul 25) Realtor Magazine.
[ii] The 5G Appeal: Scientists and doctors warn of potential serious health effects of 5G.
[iii] International Appeal: Stop 5G on Earth and in Space.

Downloadable Documents:

Facts to Halt 5G with Images (Color images, 2 pages):

Facts to Halt 5G (B&W, 1 & 1/4 pages, no images):