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https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/government-5g-phone-mast-radiation-safety-fears-a4560011.htmlPublished by: EVENING STANDARD on 30 Sep 2020
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News | UK The government’s rollout of the 5G mobile network is facing a High Court legal challenge amid safety fears around the new generation of phone masts. Ministers announced in July it was relaxing planning permission requirements for the extension and upgrade of phone masts around thecountry, to accelerate the implementation of the 5G network.
Today, a judicial review was launched into that decision, challenging the consultation carried out, accusing civil servants of withholding key scientific data from ministers before the decision was made, and claiming that safety fears around 5G masts have not be allayed.
Among the parties to the legal challenge is Phillip Watts, a retired engineer and trustee of the EM Radiation Research Trust, who says his health has suffered from living close to a phone mast.
“While there is so much concern around health issues associated with 5G infrastructure, it cannot be right to give mobile phone companies carte blanche to invade our [...]
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What is Government?A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy. Each government has a kind of constitution, a statement of its governing principles and philosophy.
What is 5G?5G (from "5th Generation") is the latest generation of cellular mobile communications. It succeeds the 4G, 3G and 2G systems. 5G performance targets high data rate, reduced latency, energy saving, cost reduction, higher system capacity, and massive device connectivity. Their major advantage is that 5G networks achieve much higher data rates than previous cellular networks, up to 10 Gbps; which is faster than current cable internet, and 100 times faster than the previous cellular technology, 4G.5G networks achieve these higher data rates by using higher frequency radio waves, in or near the millimeter wave band around 28 and 39 GHz while previous cellular networks used frequencies in the microwave band between 700 MHz and 3 GHz.
