Protest against 5G

EDITOR: While the media’s attention with regard to environmental issues has been captured by climate change, fracking, and plastics in the ocean, an International Appeal to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space has been quietly making its way around the world.

Signed by 4,800 scientists, 2,800 medical doctors, 770 beekeepers, 2,000 environmental organizations, and 180,000 others from 202 countries and territories, this appeal calls on the world’s governments to stop the deployment of 5G.

On Jan. 25, environmental groups are planning events in 31 capital cities so far, with more being added daily. Their goal is to stop the deployment of millions of 5G antennas on Earth and 50,000 5G satellites in space and to secure emergency high-level meetings with officials in governments and international governmental organizations including the European Union, the United Nations, and the World Health Organization.

The issue is microwave radiation, which has been steadily intensifying for over two decades courtesy of the wireless revolution. 5G will bring a huge increase in radiation, virtually overnight, everywhere — in cities, suburbs, parks, nature preserves, wildlife refuges, oceans, Greenland, and Antarctica.

Instead of cell towers every few miles, there will be cell towers — small but powerful — in front of every third to fifth home. Instead of

2,000 satellites orbiting the Earth, there will shortly be 50,000.

Email stop5gmendocino@mcn.org to connect with the local effort.

— Annemarie Weibel, Albion