Bordeaux Métropole wants a moratorium on 5G

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• The majority of the council, chaired by the socialist Alain Anziani, wonders about “the increase in data consumption and use of telecommunications linked to the arrival of 5G.

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• “The deployment of 5G risks accelerating the exploitation of non-renewable natural resources,” they emphasize.

• Finally, “exposure to waves is a phenomenon that is still poorly understood, the consequences of which on our health have not yet been measured” they warn.

Even if they make President Emmanuel Macron smile, reluctance on the deployment of 5G is growing in the ranks of local elected officials.

After the tribune in the

of 70 left-wing elected officials who deplored the absence of a "climatic and environmental impact study", it is the turn of the majority, also socialist and green, of the Bordeaux Métropole council to request a moratorium on 5G.

Chaired by the socialist Alain Anziani, the council thus wishes "to challenge the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister about the deployment of 5G technology in France, whose auction for the allocation of frequencies will be launched on September 29 (... ) 5G is designed to allow speeds ten times greater than 4G on smartphones, with a deployment in France which will result in a "rebound effect" through the increase in data consumption and telecommunications use, synonymous in the long term a very high energy consumption by the solicitation of antennas and servers.

"The elected representatives of the majority emphasize that at present," a very small number of mobile phones in circulation and on sale are compatible with 5G.

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Elected officials wonder about an "increase in the level of exposure of the population to airwaves"

“The deployment of 5G risks accelerating the exploitation of non-renewable natural resources,” they continue.

Pollution phenomena due to the extraction of rare metals, and the generation of a quantity of waste that can hardly be recycled.

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Finally comes the issue of airwaves, which is debated today in France.

"The 5G wave emissions are added to those of previous technologies, 4G, 3G and 2G, which could lead to an increase in the level of exposure of the population to waves with potentially a cocktail effect, a phenomenon that is still poor. known, the consequences of which on our health have not yet been measured ”estimate the elected officials in metropolitan France.

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