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5G Has Its Day in Court

by Gillian Jamieson
14 February 2023 9:00 AM

A few days ago, I spent a day and a half in Court 73 of the Royal Courts of Justice, listening to a Judicial Review in which Michael Mansfield KC challenged the Government for its “failure to give adequate information to the public about the risks of 5G and to explain the absence of a process for investigation of any adverse health effects”. These  failures are deemed to be in breach of Section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 due to positive obligations to protect human life, health and dignity as stated in Articles 2 and 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

I was fascinated by Mr. Mansfield’s take on these issues. Those of us who have concerns about the adverse health effects of radio-frequency radiation (RFR) such as 5G usually argue that the ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection) safety exposure guidelines relied upon by Government to protect our health are woefully inadequate because they only recognise the heating of tissue as potentially harmful and because many thousands of well-conducted studies have shown harm below the heating threshold.

However Mr. Mansfield pointed out that ICNIRP does not say that RFR is safe. In Appendix B of the 2020 safety exposure guidelines adverse health effects are considered. In most cases it is stated that insufficient, high quality research has been done or that results of studies conflict and that therefore the adverse health effect in question has not been substantiated. This is very different to stating that RFR will not cause this adverse effect or that it is safe. Mr. Mansfield had also provided the judge with a screenshot of an ICNIRP webpage, which stated that health harms were “unlikely”.

This lack of clarity is reflected in the imprecise language used in U.K. Government documents. For example, in its guidance for reducing exposure we read, “excessive use of mobile phones by children should be discouraged”; or on its webpage on 5G and health the Government optimistically tells us that “there should be no consequences for public health” and then says vaguely, “it is possible that there may be a small increase in overall exposure”. But what is “excessive use” or a “small increase”? The public needs to know.

Indeed, the main thrust of the case put forward by Mr. Mansfield was that the Government has a duty to inform the public of the full spectrum of risk from RFR, whether or not the risk is substantiated or proven. This information must be full and clear so that each individual can make an informed choice about his or her level of exposure, if this is even possible. Providing access to information via a website is insufficient. Later on, the Government mentioned in its defence that the ICNIRP website is accessible, but how many of the public have even heard of ICNIRP?

As we will see, because the Government denies any causal link between RFR and ill-health there is no process for reporting, investigating or monitoring possible symptoms from exposure. Mr Mansfield stated that there is a need for environmental impact assessments.  It is not enough to measure radiation from masts,  but their impact on people must be assessed. The situation has become more urgent with the advent of 5G and new technologies.

Although the Government claims that the new higher frequencies to be used by 5G are covered by ICNIRP, Mr. Mansfield argued that 5G was a game changer because it ratchets up exposure. When the higher frequencies are allocated, small antennae will need to be placed on every third lamppost. This will involve the use of targeted beams and pulsation.

It is acknowledged that little research on this combination of new technology and various frequencies has been carried out. Considering that this radiation will be everywhere and will be emitting all the time, it is negligent to ignore the risks. Those who do not consent to accepting these risks will not be able to avoid them.

Mr. Mansfield spoke for around five hours on the first day to a full courtroom with around 70 members of the public present, while many more supported outside. On the second day we heard the Government’s defence, but not before it had been firmly reprimanded by the judge for not following basic procedures as regards submitting supplementary documents.

The Government’s position became clear when Judge Stacey asked its representatives to state what they thought the obligation of the Government was as regards informing the public of the potential health risks of RFR. They answered that the Government needed to say nothing, because there were no health risks from RFR or 5G. The judge restated Mr. Mansfield’s opinion that the Government should inform the public that there are different opinions as to the risk, to which the reply was that the Government had no obligation to provide commentary on different opinions. When the judge asked about the recommended investigative process, the Government replied that there was no failure in process because it had established there was no risk with the help of international bodies such as ICNIRP.

At this point I’d like to refer to another earlier revelation from Mr. Mansfield about ICNIRP’s guidelines. It turns out that they do not apply to those with metal implants, nor to those with devices such as pacemakers, nor to those affected by medical treatment using radio-frequency radiation (page 2). This is left to doctors to manage. Do the affected people know this? Are doctors well enough informed to advise their patients?

Mr. Mansfield summing up, noted that it was misleading to say there was no risk from RFR and stated that the Government had misinterpreted the ICNIRP guidelines. It was the Government which had made a choice to promote 5G and this choice brought with it a responsibility to be fully transparent with the public about all the risks. It is wrong to state that there is no risk, just because that risk cannot be fully proven due to inadequate research. The public needs to know about possible risks, not just proven risks, as well as the location of these risks. The WHO has admitted: “Given that the 5G technology is currently at an early stage of deployment, the extent of any change in exposure to radiofrequency fields is still under investigation.” Again, the public needs to know about the experimental nature of the 5G rollout.

Judgment is awaited from the Administrative Court in due course.

Tags: 5GJudicial ReviewThe Science

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GroundhogDayAgain
GroundhogDayAgain
10 months ago

I far preferred the Glen Miller Band.

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Alan M
Alan M
10 months ago
Reply to  GroundhogDayAgain

Or the Steve Miller band,

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Heretic
Heretic
10 months ago

🙂 ! And yet another great photo of The Millipede, this time with a quizzical slack-jawed gaze, that makes you wonder what is going on in that tiny insect brain?

Last edited 10 months ago by Heretic
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Tyrbiter
Tyrbiter
10 months ago
Reply to  Heretic

The square root of FA of course.

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Heretic
Heretic
10 months ago
Reply to  Tyrbiter

🙂

Last edited 10 months ago by Heretic
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soundofreason
soundofreason
10 months ago
Reply to  Tyrbiter

The square root of -1 – it’s imaginary

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JeremyP99
JeremyP99
10 months ago
Reply to  soundofreason

Yeah – but useful. Unlike Miliband Minor (or Major for that matter)

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GunnerBill
GunnerBill
10 months ago
Reply to  Tyrbiter

As much as that?

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Grim Ace
Grim Ace
10 months ago
Reply to  Heretic

Moribund

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Tyrbiter
Tyrbiter
10 months ago

There’s no hope for the terminally dim Ed ‘Marxist’ Miliband, he deserves to die hungry and cold like he appears to think that the rest of us should.

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soundofreason
soundofreason
10 months ago
Reply to  Tyrbiter

The man is a fool.

It would be justice if he suffered as much as his worst-off victims – but he won’t.

He deserves to be kept warm and fed and safe – but his policies will ensure that not everyone will be.

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RTSC
RTSC
10 months ago
Reply to  Tyrbiter

He’s probably aiming to follow Alok Sharma into a highly lucrative role with the Rockefeller Foundation.

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ElaineH
ElaineH
10 months ago

There is a serious concern about Ed Miliband’s mental health. So much so there is good case for him to be sectioned. The energy security and financial well being of our country is at stake. Perhaps join Joe Biden in a secure unit.

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NeilParkin
NeilParkin
10 months ago

Okay everyone, join in…”Things, can only get better…”

At least when Miliband has driven the ship up the shore, the oil will still be at the bottom of the sea.

Last edited 10 months ago by NeilParkin
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Baldrick
Baldrick
10 months ago

“Government’s Net Zero commitments will cost “hundreds of billions” of pounds. “

I am sure there are better things that the money could be spent on. Like fixing world poverty? Curing cancer?

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
10 months ago
Reply to  Baldrick

Cancer cures have been found. Big Pharma don’t want them on the market because current 100 year old treatments rake in so much money.

Charidees like Cancer Research UK are just a racket, income in 2023 £719 million and they have been pulling these amounts for many years. However, they still haven’t found a cure for cancer?

BS.

Donations to charities are just secondary taxation for the gullible.

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DHJ
DHJ
10 months ago
Reply to  Baldrick

It only costs hundreds of billions if the requirement is to get a replacement to meet the same demand.

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varmint
varmint
10 months ago
Reply to  Baldrick

There is already a cure for “world poverty” —-It is called FOSSIL FUELS.

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
10 months ago

OT:

Some good news for a change: Forced Vaccinations On Our Loved Ones (crowdjustice.com) Mother finally wins in court battle to stop the state forcibly “vaccinating” her son against “covid”

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
10 months ago
Reply to  transmissionofflame

Yes a “win” but what sort of people are they that they would put parents through all this strain and actually suffering.

Line the Next Tuesday’s up.

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
10 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

I’m sure you don’t need to be a parent to feel how despicable these people are, but as a parent I’d be homicidal towards all of them.

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varmint
varmint
10 months ago

Miliband is just an extreme version of the UN and WEF lackey politician that has forced this country in law to reduce emissions to 100% of 1990 levels of CO2 by 2050 with no concern for cost (estimated by the grid to be in the region of 3 trillion) and with no real worry whether the technologies required for this absurdity can do what is proposed or whether new ones could ever be invented. This absurdity is ofcourse known as NET ZERO.
Our Political class are no longer answerable to the people that voted for them. They are just a local administration of the Global Governance via the UN/WEF. The policies they impose on their own citizens are ones desired by that same Supranational Politics that Margaret Thatcher warned about and indicated in her book “Statecraft”. At first Thatcher was onboard with the global warming issue because the Nuclear Energy that she favoured had no CO2 emissions to worry about. But she soon realised that the opportunity for global socialism was the real motivation behind control of CO2, which is the one gas that can be directly tied to Industrial Capitalism and that Climate Change policies were really just the excuse for anti capitalist polices that seek to control the worlds wealth and resources.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
10 months ago

Off-T

Sort of…

https://www.thepublica.com/student-in-germany-murdered-by-gang-of-migrants-in-alleged-anti-christian-hate-crime/

Another young lad has lost his life to cultural enrichment. Bastards.

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varmint
varmint
10 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Off Topic….but good to know.—The squirming multi cultural cesspit parasites have no shame

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Mogwai
Mogwai
10 months ago

Shit. Somebody just tried to assassinate Trump. It’s the way the signs say ”You’re fired!” then you hear the shots…

https://x.com/FergusPower1/status/1812255109750931734

He’s OK though, thank goodness. Jesus, the Leftards must be really pissed. Trump has more lives than a cat;

https://x.com/GhorbaniiNiyak/status/1812254092850241665

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Mogwai
Mogwai
10 months ago
Reply to  Mogwai

A close-up. Bless him. Brandon and Co need to pay for this. Prepare for all the faux concern from those lying dirtbags. I wonder who the hitman with a dodgy aim is and if they’ve got him yet…Well I reckon we know who’s got that election in the bag now. I just hope the guy can survive that long.

https://x.com/DaveAtherton20/status/1812255100053680542

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For a fist full of roubles
For a fist full of roubles
10 months ago
Reply to  Mogwai

An alternative headline is “One shot dead and two seriously injured at Trump rally”.

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Jackthegripper
Jackthegripper
10 months ago

Not if, how soon. There will be a lot of pain and wasted money, but the end is inevitable.
We will all feel a great deal of pain socially and financially, but it will be a price worth paying if it ends this falsehood that renewables are cheap and secure.
All those that voted for Labour should be made to pay a premium for the idiocy.

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Dwain
Dwain
10 months ago

I think he should answer a questions that senator Kennedy asked ” How much money will it cost? What time period? How many degrees lower do you expect these measures to cause?” These scammers expect this country to self destruct while those countries that will be producing goods that we find too dirty to make, will grow rich through industry. This is financial suicide. It is about time we started arresting these WEF shills for treason.

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Dwain
Dwain
10 months ago
Reply to  Dwain

Apologies it was for 2050, the YT description is “‘You Don’t Know, Do You? You Don’t Know, Do You?’: Kennedy Does Not Let Up On Top Biden Official” “ Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk about the cost of green energy reforms. “

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coviture2020
coviture2020
10 months ago

He’s made a good start, IMF by christmas

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coviture2020
coviture2020
10 months ago

He’s made a good start. IMF by christmas

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Grim Ace
Grim Ace
10 months ago

That man is an idiot. Hopefully his decisions will cause massive disobedience, disorder and protest. Hopefully that will destroy the communist Labour government.

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