Exposure of the South Korean population to the 5th generation (5G) of mobile phone networks (3.4 to 3.8 GHz) and its respective contribution among other radio frequencies in the country

What is the Impact of 5G Towers on the Exposure over Children, Teenagers and Sensitive Buildings?

“…Nevertheless, the assessment of EMF radiated by base stations over children, teenagers and sensitive places may be a key aspect for current (and future) epidemiological studies [7], aimed at studying possible (but still not proven at present time) correlations between the levels of 5G exposure and the emergence of longterm health diseases (such as cancers and tumors). Despite the literature about EMF exposure assessment from mobile base stations (including other Radio-Frequency (RF) sources) is already rather mature (see e.g., [8]- [10] for pre-5G studies and [11]- [15] for 5G ones), there is currently a lack of studies focusing on the exposure radiated by 5G outdoor base stations over children, teenagers, and sensitive places.…”

“…Eventually, pre-5G exposure in kinder-gardens is analyzed by Bhatt et al [21]. Finally, 5G exposure measurements for different locations in South Korea are analyzed by Selmaoui et al [15]. Despite we recognize the importance of such previous works, none of them is tailored to the assessment of 5G exposure from outdoor base stations over children, teenagers and sensitive areas -due to a different goal (e.g., personal devices rather than base stations), and/or a different focus (i.e., generic exposure assessment not tailored to children/teenagers and sensitive buildings), and/or a lack of exposure information about 5G (outdoor) base stations over the considered scenarios.…”