School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Kelburn Parade, Wellington 6012, New Zealand.
Oceania Radiofrequency Scientific Advisory Association Inc. (ORSAA), Brisbane, QLD 4020, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Mar 27;20(7):5267. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20075267.
The current global roll-out of 5G infrastructure is designed to utilise millimetre wave frequencies (30-300 GHz range) at data transmission rates in the order of gigabits per second (Gbps). This frequency band will be transmitted using beamforming, a new introduction in near-field exposures. The International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) has recently updated their guidelines. We briefly examine whether the new approach of the ICNIRP is satisfactory to prevent heat damage and other adverse bio-effects once millimetre wave 5G is included, and we challenge the use of surface-only exposure assessment for local exposures greater than 6 GHz in part due to possible Brillouin precursor pulse formation. However, this is relevant whether or not Brillouin precursors occur from absorption of either 5G or future G transmissions. Many significant sources conclude there is insufficient research to assure safety even from the heat perspective. To date, there has been no published in vivo, in vitro or epidemiological research using exposures to 5G New Radio beam-formed signals.
目前全球推出的 5G 基础设施旨在利用毫米波频率（30-300GHz 范围内）实现每秒千兆位（Gbps）的数据传输速率。该频段将使用波束成形技术进行传输，这是近场辐射中的一项新引入技术。国际非电离辐射防护委员会（ICNIRP）最近更新了他们的指导方针。我们简要探讨了 ICNIRP 的新方法是否足以防止热损伤和其他不良生物效应，一旦包括毫米波 5G，我们还挑战了仅对表面进行暴露评估的方法，因为在大于 6GHz 的局部暴露中可能会形成布里渊前脉冲。然而，无论是否会因吸收 5G 或未来 G 传输而产生布里渊前脉冲，这都是相关的。许多重要的研究结论表明，即使从热的角度来看，也没有足够的研究来保证安全。迄今为止，还没有使用对 5G 新无线电波束成形信号的暴露进行体内、体外或流行病学研究的发表。
