ARLA/CLUSTER: Polónia vai rever os níveis dos campos electromagneticos admissíveis para os sistema 5G

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Further Electromagnetic Field restrictions in Poland?

Poland's Health Ministry is reported to be working on a draft
regulation that is feared will set new restrictions on levels of
electromagnetic fields (EMF), this appears to have arisen due to
misguided concerns about 5G

A translation of a post by national amateur radio society PZK says:

The Ministry of Health is working on a draft regulation that will set
new standards for acceptable levels of electromagnetic fields (EMF).
These standards are important, among others in the context of the
development of telecommunications networks, especially the planned 5G
network.

Until now, EMF standards were set by the Ministry of the Environment.
However, this is changed by the novella entering into force on October
25, the so-called mega acts, i.e. the act on supporting the
development of telecommunications networks and services. It stipulates
that a regulation specifying different acceptable levels of
electromagnetic fields in the environment will be issued by the
minister of health in consultation with the minister of digitization.

As reported by the Ministry of Health in response to PAP [Polish Press
Agency] questions, work is currently underway on this regulation.

"Currently, the ministry is collecting opinions of Polish scientific
institutes dealing with health care issues in the context of the
impact of electromagnetic fields on human health. It is now too early
to present specific limit values for electromagnetic fields, ”the
Ministry of Health said.

At the moment, Polish standards are one of the most stringent in
Europe . The maximum permissible level of electromagnetic fields in
Poland is 0.1 W / sq m, while in most EU countries they are up to 2 W
/ sq m for frequencies in the 10-400 MHz range, between 2 and 10 W /
sq m for frequencies in the 400-2000 MHz range and 10 W / sq m for
frequencies in the 2000 MHz range - 300 GHz.

The announcements of government representatives clearly show that
these standards will be raised e. Digitization Minister Marek Zagórski
has repeatedly said such a need, justifying the development of
telecommunications networks. It is both about the bandwidth of current
cellular networks and the implementation of 5G networks. "This level
of norms that we have today is blocking development. All over the
world, these standards are many times higher, and in Japan even up to
100 times higher than it is in Poland at the moment, "said Zagórski,
e.g. in an interview with PAP, pointing out that the government wants
social dialogue in this matter.

Telko network development plans, especially the density of transmitter
networks needed to build 5G raises many questions about health effects
and possible harmfulness of electromagnetic radiation (EMF) in
telecommunications. Opponents of the development of 5G technology
indicate that at the density of antennas planned at 5G every second
citizen will be exposed to permanent weak electromagnetic fields, and
the lack of sufficient research that would indicate that it is not
harmful. Their voices turned out to be so important that at the stage
of the Senate's works, the amendment to the mega-law removed
provisions that directly facilitated the construction of the 5G
network. The answer to these fears was also - as the head of the MC
Marek Zagórski said - transfer of the prerogative to issue a
regulation on EMF standards from the Ministry of the Environment to
the Ministry of Health, as well as the planned construction of a
public information system on the electromagnetic field.

The 5G network (fifth generation telecommunications network) is a new,
intensively developed telecommunications standard. It is to enable
fifty- or even a hundred-fold increase in transmission speed compared
to current 4G networks. Such technology is to accelerate, among others
development of the Internet of Things (IoT), telemedicine services,
autonomous vehicles and smart cities.

The European Commission wants member countries to have broad coverage
of the 5G network by 2025. According to the Commission, by 2020 the 5G
network will be available on a commercial basis for at least one large
city in each member country.

Source PZK
https://tinyurl.com/PolandPZK