Would you be willing to download this blog page to your 4G phone at, let’s say, twice the speed, if this meant a significant increase in the risk of getting cancer? I wouldn’t. But those who have set up the reduction of the electro-smog limits in last October’s development decree seem to see things differently. If you have an inkling that a new technology could cause damage, this needs to be considered as such, unless the opposite can be demonstrated. It’s the precautionary principle. And now go ahead and download with no problems.

Interview with Claudio Poggi, electronics engineer

Thousands of extra antennas
Greetings to the friends of Beppe Grillo’s blog. With the new year, surprises are coming. There’s one that we don’t know about. It’s called LTE, an acronym for “Long Term Evolution”. It’s an evolution of the telephone network.
In September of this year, the Italian Government made 4 billion from the sale of the telephone frequencies for LTE. But what is it?
It’s a technology that gives access to mobile broadband. That’s great news for those that don’t have the twisted pair telephone cabling, because at last they can get very fast Internet access without having to pay exorbitant installation charges. However, for others, including myself, it’s very bad news because in fact it means an increase in electromagnetic pollution.

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