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Reasons to Halt
4G/5G Wireless Small Cells

The FCC has set rules to “streamline” & take away local control of 5G “small cell" towers or antennas.
Wireless poses health risks, and small cells can raise exposures to illegal power levels.

Downloadable file available at end of document, including an updated, simplified version.
Wireless & 4G/5G Warnings:
  • In 2011 wireless was classed as a Group 2B “possible human carcinogen” by 30 independent scientists of the WHO International Agency for Cancer (IARC).
  • Studies since have confirmed brain, reproductive, cardiac, & glucose disruption, birth defects, etc. from wireless, with IARC scientists Hardell, Miller, Leszczynski, Samet, Portier, Belyaev, & others asking caution or new classification & for more 5G research
  • Concerned adding more & adding 5G frequencies is environmentally risky due to rising power levels & limited but still concerning 5G research, scientists have appealed for a moratorium [i] [ii]
The FCC has ruled to prevent local control of small cell tower placement & fees. Some antennas may be disguised, but will emit powerfully, risking health.
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Are the profits of automation & mining our data why 5G is being pushed on us by business and the FCC?
Opposed to 5G Rules Set by FCC:
  • Natural Resources Defense Council
  • US Conference of Mayors 
  • National Association of Counties (letter emphasizes environmental threat of enormous wireless rollout)
  • Utilities Technology Council (doubts consumer benefits)
  • National Conference of State Legislatures
  • The 5G Appeal: Scientists and doctors warn of potential serious health effects of 5G
  • 5G International Appeal: Stop 5G on Earth & in Space
Significant Costs with Nothing Gained
  • Only 1-10 mW/m2 is needed for cellphones, but small cells measure millions will lead to exposures at illegal levels even to 11 feet.[iii]
  • Many have adequate wireless access, despite industry denial; hence FCC claims refusal amounts to “presumptive” denial of service is wrong
  • Large towers adequately provide wireless communications, 5G and small cells instead subsidize artificial intelligence, surveillance, & streaming video
  • Wear and tear of town- or city-owned property, but extreme limits on fees
  • Property devaluation: 79% of buyers refuse homes by cellular infrastructure[iv]
  • Fee & zoning limits set by the FCC subsidize small cell towers at expense of copper, fiber optic, and cable, when wireless is the least secure and most expensive
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 4G Equipment (Antenna Missing)
  • Incentives do not exist to provide rural areas with better access
  • Once placed, regardless of service, FCC prohibits denial of more cells by other telcos
 Lack of Safety Review or Monitoring
  • Preventing local safety review (fire, falling, electrical, environmental) by “batching” multiple applications as one application under a 60- or 90-day shot clock - if in good faith, a town is likely protected despite the FCC's claim
  • Lack of monitoring by the FCC to insure any compliance with (lax) FCC guidelines & lack of monitoring or qualified inspectors, especially at 5G frequencies
  • Added risk for workers by small cells from exposures, falls & heavy equipment, and greater 5G antenna weight
  • Refusal by FCC to conduct an environmental review of small cell infrastructure or allow protections as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
Aggravations & Serious Hazards
  • Wireless investment derails investment in secure fiber to home and maintenance of copper phone lines, which work best during power outages
  • Wireless is ten times more energy-intensive than wired infrastructure
  • 5G includes 3.5 to 80 GHz, with untested millimeter frequencies never used for communications
  • Millimeter frequencies require higher power to work than 3G and use phased arrays that concentrate power & increase exposure
  • Small cells are an access barrier for electromagnetic disabilities, a federally recognized disability
  • Nickel-cadmium batteries used for 8-hour generators create a fire and toxic hazard.
  • Potential falling or explosion hazard from being hit by a car or falling in an earthquake
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  • Potential design to prevent any damage & 300 lbs. weight may mean solidity to the point that a car hitting the equipment would be crushed and kill its occupants
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5G AirGig AT&T Antenna for Power Line Emissions
Appearance & Size
  • 4G/5G antennas can be placed as close as 10-20 feet from homes & 6 cubic feet, with more added later; associated equipment may be refrigerator size & up to 28 cubic feet with potentially noisy fans
  • Equipment potentially every 100 feet in line of sight and maximum 1/3 mile apart
  • Overlapping installations from multiple providers with competing small cells
  • Addition of 5G antennas to existing cell towers


[i] The 5G Appeal: Scientists and doctors warn of potential serious health effects of 5G.
[ii] International Appeal: Stop 5G on Earth and in Space.
[iii] Afflerbach, A., CTC Technology & Energy. (2017 Nov 10). Comparison of RF exposure and distance from a small cell site. Study contracted for Montgomery County, Maryland. Columbia Telecommunications Corporation.
[iv] Cell Towers, Antennas Problematic for Buyers. (2014, Jul 25) Realtor Magazine.
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Downloadable Documents (Updated 5/5/2019):

Facts to Halt 5G with Images
(Color images, 2 pages):
facts_to_halt_5g_with_images.pdf
File Size: 452 kb
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Updated Version with Images (2 pages, color- updated 25 Oct 2019):
small_cell_facts_with_images.pdf
File Size: 543 kb
File Type: pdf
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Facts to Halt 5G (B&W, 2 pages, no images):
facts_to_halt_5g.pdf
File Size: 338 kb
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