SHR # 2577 :: Oregon State Studies 5G Networks Impacts On Health plus Seafood Study Finds Plastic In All Samples – Prof. Robyn Leigh Tanguay - Francisca Ribeiro PhD Candidate - Findings from an Oregon State University study into the effects of radiofrequency radiation generated by the wireless technology that will soon be the standard for cell phones suggest few health impacts. Fifth generation or 5G wireless technology, which began being deployed worldwide in 2019, provides faster connectivity and more bandwidth, meaning higher download speeds. But because 5G technology is so new, little is known about the potential health effects from its radiofrequency radiation, which is higher than the current industry standard 4G. The Oregon State study begins to change that. PLUS Perhaps we should start asking for a side of plastic with that fish filet. A study of five different seafoods has found traces of plastic in every sample tested. Researchers bought oysters, prawns, squid, crabs and sardines from a market in Australia and analyzed them using a newly developed method that identifies and measures five different plastic types simultaneously. The study - by the University of Exeter and the University of Queensland - found plastic levels of 0.04 milligrams (mg) per gram of tissue in squid, 0.07mg in prawns, 0.1mg in oysters, 0.3mg in crabs and 2.9mg in sardines. Impacts of high dose 3.5 GHz cellphone radiofrequency on zebrafish embryonic development https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32645106/ - Quantitative Analysis of Selected Plastics in High-Commercial-Value Australian Seafood by Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.0c02337
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