Bronterre News

Comment and analysis by journalist Patrick O'Brien in tribute to Chartist leader, radical agitator and campaigning journalist James Bronterre O'Brien (1804-1864). BELOW: Ynyslas, Ceredigion, unscathed (see under Environment for pieces on highly controversial plan to excavate this spectacular unspoilt beach and erect an uglifying cast-metal effigy of a tree). Oil painting, 2019, by Nicki Orton

ANTENNAE for 5g, the latest mobile-phone technology, are springing up all over rural Wales, generally on the tops of lamp-standards. The new system needs them every 100 to 200 metres, so there are lots. Concerns that the antennae could suppress immune systems, making people more susceptible to such as Covid-19, are riling the BBC. 

  The broadcaster is emphatic: “Scientists say the idea of a connection between Covid-19 and 5g is ‘complete rubbish’ and biologically impossible.” What a pity our public news service fails to point out that scientific opinion on the matter is in fact far from unanimous, that more than 180 scientists and doctors from 36 countries say 5g will substantially increase exposure to electromagnetic radiation, and that the EU should delay roll-out “until potential hazards for human health and the environment have been fully investigated by scientists independent of industry.”

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