Industry Pressures Brussels to Increase Allowable Radiation Exposure to Deploy 5G

Yes, 5G will INCREASE radiation exponentially. 
How do we know.. The only way to roll out 5G is to change other countries radiation limits. 

 Brussels, the capital of Belgium, has limits on radio frequency radiation exposure that are more stringent than the US which has among the highest allowable limits in the world. 

Brussels standards must be adapted to enable 5G deployment

Lars Andersen, Brussels Times, 23 October 2018

The IBPT proposes the adoption of the higher standard of 14.5 V/m with the capacity to go up to 41.5 V/m.

The Belgian Institute of Postal and Telecommunications Sevices (“IBPT”) believes in a study, published on Monday, that radiation standards in force in Brussels should be adapted to enable 5G deployment in the capital.

The findings form part of a technical study around the impact of these standards on the implementation of such a technology. It cautions, “Without relaxing the Brussels radiation standards, no new radio frequency can now be brought into service.”

The study was produced at the request of the Minister for Telecommunications, Alexander De Croo (of the Flemish Liberal-Conservative Liberal Open Vld party) and the Brussels Minister for the Environment, Céline Fremault (Christian democratic French–speaking Humanist Democratic Centre). The telecoms regulator has limited its technical expertise in this project to determining the conditions necessary as regards light radiation standards for the desired development of 5G, the fifth generation mobile network. The regulator has not looked into environmental or public health issues.

Modified in 2014, the radiation standards in the capital all the same deployed 4G “in more or less acceptable conditions.” The IBPT warns, “However mobile networks (2G, 3G and 4G) are already clearly saturated within the framework of the current standard of 6 V/m [Volts per meter].”

Concerning future mobile networks, in this case 4.5G and 5G, Brussels is so strict in its interpretation that this has the effect of reducing the flexibility for network deployment, especially in terms of optimal site location. The IBPT analyses that this also has an impact on coverage, through the restrictions to signals emitted through the antennae, and therefore on the service quality provided to users.

The Institute advises strongly against a cumulative limit below 14.5 V/m in Brussels for a frequency of 900 MHz, “taking account of the expected increase in data traffic and the desired deployment of 5G.” It therefore proposes the adoption of the higher standard of 14.5 V/m, with the capacity to go up to 41.5 V/m.

http://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/12907/brussels-standards-must-be-adapted-to-enable-5g-deployment

Brussels govt to propose higher antenna limits to support 5G roll-out

Telecompaper, Oct 23, 2018

The Brussels region environment minister Celine Fremault said she plans to propose an increase in the region's limits for electromagnetic radiation from cell antennas, in order to support the roll-out of 5G networks, which will require many more antennas. She announced the move in an interview with L'Echo after the regulator BIPT released a report showing that 5G networks would not be possible under the current radiation limits. 

Fremault and the federal telecoms minster Alexander De Croo commissioned the report from the BIPT. Brussels Capital Region has a current limit of 6 volts per metre, which is around 50 times more strict than the recommendation of the World Health Organisation. 

Fremault said she plans to propose new limits of 14.5 V/m outside and 9 V/m indoors, which is still around 20 times the WHO recommended rate. That follows a recommendation from BIPT to increase the limit to at least 14.5V/m in order to support the higher number of antennas needed to meet growing demand for data services.

The legislation will also be extended to broadcast antennas, which have not been subject to limits in the past, the minister said. 

The regional government expects to finalise the text of the new rules in the coming weeks and then will seek opinions from advisory bodies such as the Council of State before sending it to parliament for approval. The government is also expected to sign a new protocol with operators, Fremault said, building on an agreement from July on how to support 5G roll-out while limiting exposure to the non-ionising radiation.

https://www.telecompaper.com/news/brussels-govt-to-propose-higher-antenna-limits-to-support-5g-roll-out--1265973