The petition, which will be taken up on June 2, has sought a direction to the government and the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) in particular to certify that deployment of 5G technology for cellular communications posed no reasonable risk or hazard. ‘Irreversible effects’“These 5G plans threaten to provoke serious, irreversible effects on humans and permanent damage to all of the Earth’s ecosystems,” it added. Unlike, say, 2G, the underlying technology for 5G varies from company to company. In 5G, every carrier has developed its own technology. “The implication of this is that state actors will not be required to merely vet ‘5G technology’ per se, but each and every single variant offered by each carrier, including homegrown technology,” it added.

Source: The Hindu May 31, 2021 14:02 UTC