"RF radiation from 5G is dangerous, we need to protect our children from these antennas," says new US Secretary for Health after court win

Image: Cell phone mast

Niall Feiritear

The new US Secretary for the Department of Health, Robert Kennedy Jr, has stated that society needs to "protect children from 5G radiation", after a recent court battle.

Speaking on News Nation at the end of November, Kennedy stated that he has "litigated on the issue and won in court. And that was called a conspiracy theory."

The politician stated that 5G radiation disrupts the blood-brain barrier.

"It also is associated with glioblastomas and other cancers. And it caused a lot of other dramatic health effects. There are thousands and thousands of studies in that," Mr Kennedy said.

Robert Kennedy Jnr

"I won a case on Monsanto and glyphosate that it caught on Hodgkin's lymphoma. What I have said about 5G is yeah, it is dangerous. It is under -regulated, other countries regulate it much better than us. And we need to protect our children.

"We should not be having these antennas on elementary schools. We should be warning people appropriately, do not put that cell phone next to your head.

"We are seeing this epidemic of glioblastomas and almost all of them are connected the year that you favour the cell phone with. Oh, you know, there's study after study that shows that, and I am litigating on the issue right now, and we're going to win that litigation as well," Mr Kennedy added.

Pic: 5G coverage (purple) in Ireland from just one of the 3 main networks

5G networks use a higher frequency than 3G or 4G networks and are said to result in better mobile phone coverage. The higher frequency uses shorter RF energy waves called 'millimeter waves.'

These millimeter waves are weaker than 3G or 4G at traveling long distances and "cannot easily move through walls, buildings, and other physical obstacles," according to the US Department of Health.

Image: Total 2G, 3G, 4G and 5 masts in Ireland (ComReg)

Because of this, "many small antennae are required to provide adequate cellular coverage in an area. These antennae will likely be placed on homes, buildings, and other structures. It is expected that the addition of these 5G antennae will increase the environmental exposure to RF energy."

In Ireland, 99 percent of the population has access to 5G coverage.

Ireland's Environmental Protection Agency stated that: 'The effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) on people have been subject of significant research.

'This includes the radio frequencies used and envisaged for 5G in mobile communications and other applications. No health effects have been proven at levels below the ICNIRP guidelines for members of the public.  

'However, some uncertainties remain regarding relatively high levels of exposure to radiofrequency (RF) EMF, such as those received from mobile phone handsets in contact with the body or those experienced by some workers in certain work environments (for example, during maintenance of telecommunication antennas). 

Belfast 5G fire -image courtesy of BBC / Paul Doherty

'Thus, the International Agency for Research on Cancer  (IARC), an agency of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified RF in 2011 as possibly carcinogenic (class 2B). '

A 5G mast was set on fire in Belfast on November 12 by a member of the public, visible in the image above.