Jun 15, 2020
The city is inching closer to having trials of a 5G cellular network in Winnipeg – some residents are raising the alarm.
Members of the community and city councillors discussed the implementation of 5G during a Standing Policy Committee on Innovation and Economic Development on Monday. The result was the filing of a report as information that mandated ongoing stakeholder communication, research, public consolations and possible trials.
Some Winnipeggers are concerned that the deployment of 5G systems will mean that people are exposed – without their consent – to increasing amounts of electromagnetic radiation through ubiquitous 5G antenna systems.
Barry Malowanchuk, a retired telecommunications professional engineer with specialization in radiation warned the committee about the potential effects of 5G.
“What they are proposing to do on the lamp standards is going to radiate directly into the second floor windows of people’s homes,” he said. “That’s hardly a satellite antenna that’s pointed directly up at the sky.”
Malowanchuk suggested that some members of the scientific community have known about the damaging effects of 5G type radiation for 40 years.
“And these effects needed to be withheld from the public,” he said. “Now we are going to expose people continuously with 5G systems right in their front and back years. There’s no evidence to show that 5G radiation is safe to the public. The potential impacts to human health are enormous.”
Margaret Friesen of 5G Winnipeg Awareness suggested that the yet to be discovered health effects of 5G could expose the city – and taxpayers – to unwanted liability. She said that legal cases awarding damages for radio frequency radiation exposure have been successful in at least two cases in other countries.
“And a number of other lawsuits are underway,” she said. “There are two particularly large ones in the U.S. right now. We request that the city of Winnipeg provide a full legal opinion, as Niagara Falls has done.”
Coun. Shawn Nason (Transcona) said that he is nervous about Winnipeg being used as a 5G test site.
“We don’t know what the impacts of this technology are on people with sensitivities,” he said. “We’ve heard many passionate pleas to not do it.”
Will Winnipeg fall behind other Canadian cities when it comes to implementing 5G?
The Bell website says the company is rolling out 5G in selected areas of Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Montreal and Toronto.
“5G will be a true game changer,” Bell says. “5G connectivity will enable immersive video and gaming experiences, remote telehealth, self-driving vehicles and new applications that will change the way we work, live and play.”
Bell explained that 5G technology will offer download speeds that are six times faster than 4G LTE. That means file download speeds will be rapid, and videos will be streamed in high resolution.
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