We should take a cautious approach to 5G introduction Benefits of wireless technology may come at a high price
I’M always worried when I hear that Guernsey is going to be used as a test bed, rather like a laboratory experiment, and so it is with the introduction of 5G. Despite the health concerns and warnings that have been raised I appreciate that many businesses and islanders will want and welcome this technology in the name of progress, convenience and economic opportunity, but nevertheless I think at the very least, and for the sake of the public record, words of caution should again be expressed. The precautionary principle states that ‘if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public, or to the environment, in the absence of scientific consensus (that the action or policy is not harmful), the burden of proof that it is not harmful falls on those taking the action’.