Is 5g dangerous or is just fearmongering?
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Radiation, in terms of biological effects, can be broken into two main categories: ionizing and non-ionizing. Ionizing radiation is bad as it can strip electrons from atoms and molecules, breaking apart molecules and generally causing damage. Non-ionizing radiation doesn’t have enough energy to strip electrons, if absorbed it primarily turns into heat. Non-ionizing radiation can be harmful, but it takes enough to basically cause a thermal burn (lasers for example can do that, or something like microwaving yourself). 5G is in the radio spectrum, well below in energy even visible light. It’s in UV that radiation starts to become ionizing, and going further up the spectrum increases the energy further. This is why sunscreen, while appearing invisible to visible light, protects from sunburn. UV causes a radiation burn, and sunscreen basically is “sunglasses” for the skin that block UV. 5G is a higher energy frequency than 4G, but it is still pretty low compared to anything damaging.
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