5G is safe, according to the international body in charge of setting limits on exposure to radiation, which has updated its advisory guidelines for the first time in more than 20 years. The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) called for new guidelines for millimetre-wave 5G, the most high-frequency version of the telecommunications standard. 

Dr Eric van Rongen, the ICNIRP chair, said: "We know parts of the community are concerned about the safety of 5G and we hope the updated guidelines will help put people at ease. The guidelines have been developed after a thorough review of all relevant scientific literature, scientific workshops and an extensive public consultation process. They provide protection against all scientifically substantiated adverse health effects due to [electromagnetic field] exposure in the 100 kHz to 300 GHz range."

The radio frequencies 5G uses in the UK are similar to those that have been used for mobile telephones since 1998, when 

ICNIRP published its first set of guidelines for EMF exposure. "The most important thing is that the fundamental health risk assessment is unchanged," according to Dr Jack Rowley, the senior director for research and sustainability at GSMA, the industry body for mobile network operators. "The limits that we had in 1998 are still protective now.", Rowley said. In practice, both the old and new limits are unlikely to be breached in the conventional operation of a mobile phone network. 

Despite the overwhelming evidence that 5G, like earlier mobile standards, is safe for the public, a large community of sceptics fear it will cause – or already is causing – health problems, including, supposedly, coronavirus. There is no evidence to support a link between the two. 

Adapted from https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/mar/12/5g-safe-radiation-watchdog-health

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