Switzerland: Opponents of 5G Technology Are Preparing Several Federal Initiatives

Opponents of 5G technology are preparing several federal initiatives

by Gabriel Sassoon, 24heures.ch, ABO+, 15 October 2019 - translation

Voting: A group of 5G opponents launched an initiative on Tuesday. At least four other texts are in the making. Does the cacophony threaten the revolt?

The Chancellery has given the green light to the federal
initiative "For a health conscious and energy-efficient
mobile communications". Image AFP

5G is under attack from all sides. While operators face many oppositions in their deployment of technology, the revolt takes on a new dimension. On Tuesday, a group of opponents launched the hostilities with the first of a list of popular initiatives. At least four other texts on the same subject are under preparation, according to our information.

Tuesday morning marked the launch of the initiative "For a health conscious and energy-efficient mobile communications". The collection of signatures runs until April 2021. Validated by the Chancellery, this text comes from a group of German-speaking critics gathered around Ursula Niggli, philosopher and author of a book on radiation.

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5G, the Swiss love it... and hate it

5G, the Swiss love it... and hate it

by Amélie Charnay, 01net.com, October 17, 2019 - translation

Switzerland's paradox is that it is the first European country to have launched 5G and at the same time to have the greatest opposition to this new standard.

During an anti-5G demonstration in Switzerland
Frequencia Association

On October 15, Huawei opened its annual Global Mobile Broadband Forum telecom event in Zurich. On the same day, the Swiss Chancellery approved a federal popular initiative to limit the extension of the 5G network. Its defenders have until April 25 to collect 100,000 signatures. That is a perfect summary of the country's contradictions. Technologically at the forefront at the European and even global level, it must face the heightened fears of its population towards the new standard.

Switzerland has three operators: the long-established Swisscom, the challenger Sunrise and the "troublemaker" Salt, the latest on the market, which belongs to Xavier Niel's personal holding company. They all obtained 5G frequencies, but only the first two have opened a commercial service since the spring. The battle is therefore between Swisscom, equipped by Ericsson, and Sunrise, which uses Huawei equipment. "We currently have about 200 antennas in operation in 120 localities," a Swisscom spokesperson told us. Sunrise is doing better with 262 localities covered with at least 80% of the eligible population. But both actors face a problem they had absolutely not seen coming: a strong opposition of the inhabitants to 5G that began a few months ago.

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We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe

We Have No Reason to Believe 5G Is Safe
Opinion by Joel M. Moskowitz, blogs.scientificamerican.com, October 17, 2019

The technology is coming, but contrary to what some people say, there could be health risks

Credit: Bill Oxford Getty Images

The telecommunications industry and their experts have accused many scientists who have researched the effects of cell phone radiation of "fear mongering" over the advent of wireless technology's 5G. Since much of our research is publicly-funded, we believe it is our ethical responsibility to inform the public about what the peer-reviewed scientific literature tells us about the health risks from wireless radiation.

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced through a press release that the commission will soon reaffirm the radio frequency radiation (RFR) exposure limits that the FCC adopted in the late 1990s. These limits are based upon a behavioral change in rats exposed to microwave radiation and were designed to protect us from short-term heating risks due to RFR exposure.

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Switzerland: Popular Initiative Launched Against 5G

Popular initiative launched against 5G

Telephony: The Chancellery has given the go-ahead for the federal initiative "For a healthy and energy-efficient mobile telephony".
ats/nxp / 24heures.ch, 15 October 2019 - translation

The federal initiative "For a healthy and energy-efficient
mobile telephony" is launched.  Image: archive/illustrative
photo/Keystone

The introduction of 5G mobile communication technology in Switzerland raises many concerns. Its opponents have launched a popular initiative limiting the expansion of the network. They have until 15 April 2021 to collect the necessary 100,000 signatures.

The text of the initiative calls for the limit values set by the Ordinance on Protection against Non-Ionising Radiation not to be raised, not even because of new measurement methods.

Mobile telephony and Internet services would be separated between outdoor and indoor space. Thus, the power of the transmitters would need to be lowered so that emissions do not enter a building. Inside, the data would be transmitted by fiber optic or coaxial cables, not by electromagnetic waves.


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Former President Of Microsoft Canada, Frank Clegg: 5G Wireless IS NOT SAFE

Former President Of Microsoft Canada, Frank Clegg: 5G Wireless IS NOT SAFE (11 min., 16 September 2019)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIV39-KOzh0&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1ndO1r3sWGRgiinGKQfob6IcgT57RE93oddvvj8oxoe11_-z3-skFm1oo

Canadians 4 Safe Technology: http://c4st.org/

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EU Warns of 5G Risks Amid Scrutiny of Huawei

EU Warns of 5G Risks Amid Scrutiny of Huawei

European Union analysis cites new security risks related to telecom infrastructure and suppliers
By  Anna Isaac and  Parmy Olson, wsj.com, 11 October 2019

A Huawei display at a technology exhibition in Dubai this
month. Photo: Ali Haider/Shutterstock

LONDON—The European Union has identified a series of specific security threats posed by foreign vendors of telecommunications equipment, significantly heightening the bloc’s scrutiny of suppliers like Huawei Technologies Co., according to officials familiar with the matter and a privately circulated risk assessment prepared by European governments.

Earlier in the week, the EU released a public report warning that hostile states or state-backed actors posed a security threat to new 5G mobile networks being rolled out around the world. 5G promises faster connection speeds and the ability to link lots of devices—from cars to pacemakers—to the internet.

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Phonegate Alert invited to the International conference Stop 5G at the Italian Parliament

Phonegate Alert invited to the International conference Stop 5G at the Italian Parliament
Equipe Phonegate 12 Oct 2019

At the invitation of the Italian Alliance Stop 5G and the European Alliance Stop5G and its main animator, Maurizio Martucci, we will be present on Tuesday November 5, 2019 in Rome to participate in this international conference which will be held at the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Our President, Dr. Marc Arazi, will speak to the ongoing international, industrial and health scandal of the Phonegate and warn of the disloyalty of mobile phone manufacturers who have overexposed all mobile phone users well beyond levels that pose a risk to our health and safety. This new case will be ten times more important than the dieselgate scandal (Volkswagen case).

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Phonegate: Dr. Arazi’s Alert Launched at the European Parliament

Phonegate: Dr Arazi’s alert launched at the European Parliament
Equipe Phonegate, 2 Oct 2019

We would like to thank MEPs Philippe Lamberts, Michèle Rivasi and Klaus Buchner of the Greens/EFA for this remarkable event organised on 1 October 2019 at the European Parliament. This allowed our President to launch an alert to the European authorities asking them to take all appropriate measures to protect mobile phone users from the health and industrial risks associated with the international Phonegate scandal, particularly at the time of the announced launch of 5G.

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Switzerland : "Swisscom to switch on 5G nationwide by 1 October 2019"

Obsolete 3G systems from Tuesday?
Media release: "Swisscom to switch on 5G nationwide by 1 October 2019" 
schutz-vor-strahlung.ch, 28 September 2019 - translation

As of Tuesday, 1 October 2019, Swisscom intends to connect the 5G network throughout Switzerland. With a software change for thousands of 3G antennas, these will now be usable for 5G devices. Swisscom is thus ignoring the will of the population and pretending to have a "super-fast mobile network", even though only the slow 3G antennas are being reused.

Swisscom's 3G network works with slower 900 MHz and slightly faster 2,100 MHz bands. This is now a thing of the past. From 1 October 2019, Swisscom intends to switch the faster 3G bands to 5G. It has thus found a way of avoiding all licensing procedures when introducing 5G. In return, the existing 3G network will lose a great deal of quality and become slower.

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[Event] European Parliament: Phonegate Alert invited to speak at a Press Conference on 5G

[Event] European Parliament: Phonegate Alert invited to speak at a Press Conference on 5G
Equipe Phonegate, phonegatealert.org,  27 Sep 2019

We would like to thank MEPs Philippe Lamberts, Michèle Rivasi and Klaus Buchner of the Greens/EFA for their invitation to participate in the Press Conference organised on October 1st 2019 at the European Parliament. This will be an opportunity for our President, Dr. Marc Arazi, to ask the European authorities to take all appropriate measures to protect mobile phone users from the health and industrial risks associated with the international Phonegate scandal, particularly at the time of the announced launch of 5G.

We welcome the presence of US Professor Martin Pall and Italian journalist Maurizio Martucci, both on the front line to ensure that the precautionary principle and a moratorium are applied before any massive deployment of 5G.

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Philippe Lamberts, Michele Rivasi and Klaus Buchner, MEPs from the Greens/EFA

invite you to a Press Conference on

5G, Health Risks and Precautionary Principle : A New Rationale

Tuesday 1st October 2019, 11h30 – European Parliament, Brussels,

(EN / FR / DE on request)

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Switzerland: Thousands take to the streets protesting against 5G amid fears the electromagnetic technology could damage people's health

Thousands take to the streets of Switzerland protesting against 5G mobile phones signals amid fears the electromagnetic technology could damage people's health

By JACK NEWMAN FOR MAILONLINE, 22 September 2019

Thousands of people protested in the Swiss capital Bern Saturday over
the roll-out of a 5G wireless technology

• The protesters gathered in front of the Swiss parliament in Bern yesterday
• Critics say 5G's electromagnetic radiation poses health and environmental risks
• Several studies on the health impacts of the new technology are underway

Thousands of people have protested in the Swiss capital Bern over the roll-out of a 5G wireless technology across the country, which they fear could damage people's health.

The protesters, many carrying placards, gathered in front of the Swiss parliament building yesterday in a bid to stop the construction of more 5G-compatible antennae.

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5G Technology Could Come with Health Risks, Critics Say

Interview with Dr. Martin Pall.  Click on title to enter original article and video.

5G technology could come with health risks, critics say
by Sharyl Attkisson, abcnews4.com, 15 September 2019

Critics say 5G technology may come with health risks.
(Full Measure)

WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) -- Super cool 5G technology is being implemented across the U.S., particularly in big cities. It promises to make our smartphones better and faster. The wireless industry calls it “4-G on steroids.” "It’s going to be data that's faster and more of it, but it also enables the connection of more devices to the network,” says Jonathan Adelstein of the Wireless Infrastructure Association.

But some scientists and consumers say the same magic that makes 5G so special also makes it more dangerous to our health.

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Swiss Population Brings About a De Facto 5G Moratorium

High speed without guard rails
Media release: "Swiss population brings about a de facto 5G moratorium"
schutz-vor-strahlung.ch, 12 September 2019 - auto-translation

Zurich, 12 September 2019 The discussion on the new 5G mobile communications technology has reached a new dimension. This is no coincidence: the three mobile operators Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt, have submitted more than three hundred building applications for 5G antennas in the past three months. Meanwhile, resistance to 5G is growing strongly in all regions of the country, and so are the objections to 5G building applications. The association "Schutz vor Strahlung" has now created a building law department to support the population in their objections.

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Switzerland: 5G Opponents Block 320 of 326 Antennas

5G opponents block 320 of 326 antennas
by P. Michel, 20min.ch, 13 September 2019 - auto-translation

5G opponents have raised objections against almost all building applications for antennas. The suppliers deny this number.

The expansion of 5G antennas by Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt is coming to a standstill: radiation opponents have filed objections to 320 of 326 building applications for the new antennas. These figures have been compiled by the "Schutz vor Strahlung" association. "We are absolutely overwhelmed", says Rebekka Meier to 20 minutes.

In this way, the population shows that "it can also implement a 5G moratorium itself, and it will maintain it in the near future". A total of 20,000 people, united in local groups, had signed the objections. For Meier, the flood of objections is tantamount to a "de facto 5G moratorium".

"Citizens recognize the dangers"

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Switzerland: The Anti-5G Poll Candidates in Bern

The Anti-5G poll candidates in Bern

Society - Activists sent a series of questions to all candidates for the Swiss Parliament to find out their position.

by Céline Garcin, ABO, Tribune de Genève, 2 September 2019 - translation

Operators continue to deploy 5G antennas, but opponents
of this new technology are not giving up. 
Image: Martial Trezzini

The Anti-5G are not giving up. While operators continue to install antennas for the deployment of this new technology in Switzerland, concerned citizens and politicians continue to fight to enforce the precautionary principle as long as all health and environmental risks are not ruled out. In August, the Swiss and Geneva groups in favor of a moratorium called on all candidates in the federal elections to find out their position on this issue. Their answers will be published on the Internet at the beginning of October.

Few studies available

"The few studies available point to unprecedented effects on insects and biodiversity," said Michèle Rivasi, a French Green MEP who was in Geneva yesterday. "Operators themselves acknowledge in their presentation that MiMo multibeam antenna technology results in radiation levels at 50 m much higher than those from conventional 3G or 4G antennas. [...] This is why it is urgent to have all the necessary biological and health impact studies available before any deployment of 5G."

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The Real Dangers of 5G

The real dangers of 5G - Godfrey Farrugia
by Godfrey Farrugia, Opinion, timesofmalta.com, 31 August 2019

5G holds an agenda for total control. It is stated that when it is introduced in 2020, it can be used for “anything, anywhere, anytime in an unlimited manner”. I am all for digital progress but not at the expense of having an adverse impact on human and environmental health.

It is not my intention to go into the merits that 5G violates human rights and informed consent. My interest, as a family doctor and a representative of the people, is society’s well-being.

We live in a society whose quality of life and health is being drastically affected by air, water and land pollutants, which are man induced.

One such pollutant, which we do take for granted, is the accumulation of artificial electromagnetic fields that at times reach the thresholds of an electrosmog. It is an established fact that electromagnetic radiation (EMR) has increased by tenfold on the top of the background, natural EMR.
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Switzerland: 5G Interview with Geneva Resident, Elidan Arzoni

This is a new interview in English with Geneva resident Elidan Arzoni whose testimony on 5G appeared recently in Illustré. This clarifies certain points about the current status of 5G technology in Switzerland.

Sideeffects of living near 5G towers in Geneva Switzerland – testimonial
ADMIN, altermedicine.org, 10 August 2019

Elidon Arzoni

People experiencing health effects after the 5G was turned on in Geneva

I spotted an article on the Swiss website https://www.illustre.ch/magazine/5g-sentons-cobayes where residents suddenly report about strange side effects they have after the 5G towers have been turned on in Geneva Switzerland. These residents of the same neighborhood in Geneva suffer from various health problems. Are they the victims of a 5G technology whose dangers have not been sufficiently tested anywhere in the world? We are being forcibly radiated by 5G microwaves.

29-year-old Johan Perruchoud who has been living in Geneva for the past 11 years says that all problems started in April 2019 when the 5G in Geneva was officially turned on. Suddenly he started having problems falling to sleep. He felt at home as being in a microwave. Three antennas 5G have just been put into service nearby where he lives and other people complained of identical disorders, headaches, fatigue.

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5G Has an Energy Problem

5G has an energy problem
Swiss IT Magazine, 1 August 2019 - English auto-translation

(Quelle : pexels.com)

August 1, 2019 - 5G has a problem that has been little known so far: The technology is a massive power guzzler - both in terms of end devices and infrastructure. Meanwhile, the industry is concerned about optimization solutions.

The 5G expansion is currently being driven forward worldwide, with Switzerland playing a significant pioneering role ("Swiss IT Magazine" reported). As "Winfuture" reports with reference to the radio research department of the hardware and software manufacturer National Instruments, 5G has a very relevant but barely mentioned problem: energy consumption will increase massively both for the end devices and for the transmission infrastructures.

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5G Agriculture – Food from Frankenstein Farming

5G Agriculture – Food from Frankenstein Farming
By Julian Rose, Global Research, August 01, 2019

The director of development at Ericsson, Marcin Sugak, is excited. He has a new toy to sell to agribusiness farmers. This particular toy, he claims, is going to ‘overcome’ all the difficult new challenges facing agriculture today. It will be ‘A revolution’, he declares. According to the Ericsson corporation, with this new toy, farmers will be able to look at their plants and animals from a completely ‘new perspective’.

Just what might this new perspective be?

A 5G perspective, of course!

The lucky plants and animals will be surrounded by thousands of tiny gadgets that will transmit back to the farmer precise details of their state of health or sickness. However, what is not mentioned and understood is that these tiny gadgets will, in the process, shoot a steady stream of high powered millimetre wave length microwave frequencies into the farmer’s best cows and crops, precipitating them to sicken and die.
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Switzerland: 5G Delayed Due to Objections and Moratoria

In Switzerland a rather rare picture: 5G antenna in Langenthal. Photo: Nicole Philipp

5G delayed due to objections and moratoria
by Simon Widmer, Tagesanzeiger.ch, 28 July 2019 - auto-translation

One in three Sunrise and Swisscom antenna construction applications has a complaint pending.

In Switzerland a rather rare picture: 5G antenna in
Langenthal. Photo: Nicole Philipp

When it comes to the introduction of the new 5G mobile communications standard, telecom providers cannot go fast enough. Sunrise and Swisscom in particular have announced ambitious expansion plans. On the company website, Swisscom promises to introduce 5G throughout Switzerland by the end of the year. Sunrise CEO Olaf Swantee also spoke of being able to offer 5G "in all regions" this year.

However, the resistance to 5G is much greater than previously known. According to the "Schutz vor Strahlung" association, 110 construction applications are pending throughout Switzerland. The number of unknown complaints is probably considerable.

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