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Paper blaming COVID-19 on 5G technology withdrawn:
A paper which argued that 5G cellphone technology could lead to infection with the novel coronavirus has been retracted, but not before scientific sleuth Elisabeth Bik wondered whether it was the "worst paper of 2020."
The article, "5G Technology and induction of coronavirus in skin cells," came from a group from Italy, the United States and Russia, and appeared in theJournal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents. The journal is published by Biolife, which asserts that it's peer reviewed but has not responded to a request for comment.
The abstract is now marked "WITHDRAWN" on PubMed and the paper has disappeared from the journal's website. The abstract has been preserved here.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by sonamchauhan on Tuesday July 28 2020, @03:09AM (2 children)
...but this 'Nature' paper states clearly the mobile radiation can disrupt living cells.
Polarization: A Key Difference between Man-made and Natural Electromagnetic Fields, in regard to Biological Activity [nature.com]
":Thus, ELF electric fields emitted by mobile phones and base stations stronger than 0.0004 V/m are also potentially able to disrupt the function of any living cell.:"
Regarding the withdrawn paper, they seem to have done some math, but the last point seems like a leap, even though half our DNA is alleged to have viral linkages: "roughly 45% of the human genome appeared to be made up of retroviruses, or virus-like entities, such as LIKNEs and SINEs" -- The Mysterious World of the Human Genome, Frank Ryan, ISBN 978000754908-5 [google.com]).
Ideally, these guys could have checked out their theory by culturing units of non-Covid-infected human skin cells in front of a 5G mast, doing the same in a Faraday cage, then submitting the cell lines for testing? (of course, testing is expensive and hard to justify).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 28 2020, @04:24AM (1 child)
This paper is bs but there are real concerns about mm wave and health that are not being addressed: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mX1fSrTzvWIxJBOC0Q8POLD0XhBQSpDv/view [google.com]
(Score: 2) by sonamchauhan on Wednesday July 29 2020, @10:57PM
Wow - thanks. Looks like the Ukrainians were onto something back then.
Also, see the book 'Disconnect: The Truth about Mobile-phone Radiation, what the Industry Has Done to Hide It, and how to Protect Your Family' by Devra Davis, and this Scientific American opinion piece:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/we-have-no-reason-to-believe-5g-is-safe/ [scientificamerican.com]