Question 24838 — telecommunications

Summary

Ms. Martine Wonner questions the Minister of Solidarity and Health about the deployment of the 5G network on the national territory and the concerns it causes for citizens. As this new mobile telephone technology is deployed around the world, these concerns expressed by citizens are increasing. In 2013, in its published assessment of the risks linked to radio frequencies, ANSES (Agence de Sécurité French health authorities) concluded that there was no proven effect in the short term. However, ANSES recalls that certain studies highlight “a possible increase in the risk of brain tumors in the long term”. These same studies are also at the origin of the 2011 classification of radiofrequencies as “possibly carcinogenic to humans” by the IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer). In a 2016 report, ANSES even recommends limiting children's exposure to cell phone waves because of their effects on cognitive functions. If the first frequency bands which will make it possible to deploy 5G (around 3.5 GHz), are of the same order as those currently used for 4G, the effects of which have been evaluated, the following bands (> 26 GHz) corresponding to “millimetre” 5G could have effects on long-term health. term which have not yet been evaluated by scientists. She therefore wishes to know the Government's intention with regard to taking into account, in the timetable for the deployment of the 5G network in France, the results of the expertise on the specific potential effects of 5G signals on humans which ANSES should conclude by the end of 2020.

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