Request for a moratorium on the 5G rollout
Request for guidelines based on independent research
Request for your documents showing that 5G is safe
Dear Dr. Karmenu Vella, EU Commissioner of Environment
cc: National Ministers of Environment, Wildlife Conservation Society, World Wildlife Fund,
The Nature Conservancy (europe@tnc.org), Greenpeace
We make reference to the Precautionary Principle (PP)1 It ”enables a rapid response to be given in the faceof a possible danger to human health…institutions may take protective measures without having to wait
until the reality… of risks become apparent … preventive action should be taken” (C-157/96 ; C-180/96, 99100).2 Research confirms 5G to be a risk to all life on earth.
With this communication we touch upon three points:
1. Firstly, we request in the 5G Appeal to EU,3 of which you are a public servant and representative, to declare an immediate moratorium on 5G deployment. Many cities and regions in Europe and USA have4
already done so . The 5G appeal to EU is now confirmed by 230+ truly independent scientists and physicians from 36 countries. The Space 5G appeal5 has more than 83 000 affirmations from 168 countries.
According to PP1 and EU IP/00/966 ”protection of health takes precedence over economic considerations.”
2. Secondly, we ask for groups of truly industry-independent researchers to establish new guidelines forexposure. An "In-depth analysis" of the deployment of 5G7 published by EU in April 2019, needs to beseriously considered. It stated that” One aspect, for example, that is not well understood today is theunpredictable propagation patterns that could result in unacceptable levels of human exposure to electromagnetic radiation.”(p. 6).
There are published reviews8 showing that pulsed EMFs as 5G, are in most cases much more biologically
active than are continuous waves (non-pulsed) EMFs of the same average intensities. When the intensitiesof these pulses are averaged over a 6 minute period, as in the 2013 EU/ICNIRP guidelines,9 these guidelines
claim that there cannot be any effects because the intensity averaged over 6 minutes is too low. It follows
from this that the EU and similar safety guidelines are deeply flawed in their ability to protect against effects
produced by short strong pulses. 5G is designed to be extraordinarily highly pulsed10 in order to carry verylarge amounts of information per second. Consequently, this aspect adds to other evidence that 5G will bepotentially much more dangerous and that the EU/ICNIRP guidelines are not protective.
The EMF Scientists Appeal11 calls for greater health protection from EMF exposure. Professor Emeritus Martin L. Pall describes in his report12 that ICNIRP and SCENIHR deny scientific facts. ICNIRP has only 13 members13, some with obvious conflicts of interest, in contrast to the 5G appeal with 230+ endorsements3 andthe EMF Scientists Appeal11 endorsed by 247 truly independent EMF and health scientists. According to (Art.
191)14 the Precautionary Principle1 as stated in the TFUE (Art. 114, 3:)15 ”take as a base a high level of protection, taking account in particular of any new development based on scientific facts” and (Art 168:) ”A highlevel of human health protection shall be ensured … promoting research into … prevention, as well as healthinformation and education, and early warning of…threats to health … in particular initiatives aiming at theestablishment of guidelines”. That process should start with a scientific evaluation ’as complete as possible’.”5G moratorium + new guidelines

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(Handbook of EEA Law, page 843).16 Council of Europe Resolution 181517 (8.2.1) suggests, based on extensive research, guidelines of 0.6 V/m or preferably 0.2 V/m, about 1/100 of the current guidelines.
3. Thirdly, with this letter we are formally requesting, in accordance with Art. 4218 on EU Fundamental Rights,
access to all documents in your possession, either created by you or at your disposal, related to the effectsof EMF to human health and the environment. Once in possession of such a list, we will decide which of
those documents, if any, are of interest and show that 5G is safe. The list of the documents, and the ways
to access them, should be sent to the email addresses below.
We note that, while the EU is eagerly promoting the rollout of 5G, a new EU report admits7 ”the problem isthat currently it is not possible to accurately simulate or measure 5G emissions in the real world” (p. 12).
”Significant concern is emerging over the possible impact on health and safety arising from potentially muchhigher exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation arising from 5G” (p. 4). The EU report alsostresses dangers: ”Increased exposure may result not only from the use of much higher frequencies in 5G but
also from the potential for the aggregation of different signals, their dynamic nature, and the complex interference effects that may result, especially in dense urban areas.” (p. 11)
We wish to inform the Commissioner that, we will consider litigation in all competent courts, if inevitable, toenforce our rights in case you do not entirely meet our requests. We expect a reply to this letter and the 5G
Appeal to EU3 (see suggestions p. 3) by the deadline of 19 June 2019, to be provided personally by the Commissioner and not by your staff. This issue is too urgent and the threat to all living organisms on this planet
is too great for this issue to be ignored and/or delegated to subordinates. All communications on this issue
will be publicly available.
Vasa and Örebro, 19 May 2019Yours sincerely,Rainer Nyberg
NRNyberg@abo.fi
EdD, MPs, professor emeritus, Vasa, Finland

Lennart Hardell
lennart.hardell@environmentandcaner.com
MD, PhD, oncologist, Örebro, Sweden

1. The precautionary Principle (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=LEGISSUM:l32042)
2. InfoCuria - Case-law of the Court of Justice (http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=43817&doclang=EN)
3. www.5gappeal.eu
4. See Attachment 1. Many European and US cities/regions stop 5G because they wait for research tobe done.
5. www.5gspaceappeal.org/
6. Commission adopts Communication on Precautionary Principle (http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-00-96_en.htm)
7. 5G Deployment (http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2019/631060/IPOL_IDA(2019)631060_EN.pdf)
8. Pall M. (https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/reveh.2015.30.issue-2/reveh-2015-0001/reveh-20150001.xml)
9. DIRECTIVE 2013/35/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:179:0001:0021:EN:PDF)
10. Wu T et al (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22IEEE+Microw+Mag%22[jour])
11. https://www.emfscientist.org/
12. Pall M. Response to 2018 ICNIRP Draft Guidelines and Appendices on Limiting Exposure to Time-Varying Electric, Magnetic and Electromagnetic Fields (100 kHz to 300 GHz) (http://www.5gappeal.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/icnirp_2018_pall.pdf)
13. https://www.icnirp.org/en/about-icnirp/commission/index.htm
14. EUR-Lex (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:12016E191)
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16. The Handbook of EEA Law (https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319243412)
17. Resolution 1815. https://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/XRef/Xref-XML2HTML-en.asp?fileid=17994
18. Right of access to documents. https://ec.europa.eu/info/aid-development-cooperation-fundamental-rights/your-rights-eu/know-your-rights/citizens-rights/right-access-documents_en
Attachment 1
Many European and US cities/regions stop 5G because they wait for research to be done.

UK, 14 December
2018:

UK-based microwave weapons expert Barrie Trower reports that 17 mystery countries are taking steps to avoid getting 5G.

US, 6 February
2019:

US Senator Blumenthal definitively establishes that no safety studies have been
done on 5G. At least 21 US cities/regions have passed ordinances restricting “smallcell” installation. Many are charging “recertification fees” to make it unprofitable forthe wireless industry.

US, 24 March 2019:

Portland Oregon city officials state clear opposition to the installation of 5G networks around the city, supported by the mayor and two commissioners.

Italy, 28 March
2019:

Florence applies the precautionary principle, refusing permissions for 5G and referring to “the ambiguity and the uncertainty of supranational bodies and private bodies (like ICNIRP)”, which “have very different positions from each other, despite thehuge evidence of published studies”.

Italy, 28 March2019:

One Roman district votes against 5G trials, with others expected to follow. Other
motions to Stop 5G are expected in the four regional councils, one provincial council
and other municipal councils of Italy.

Russia, 28 March2019:

The Russian Ministry of Defense refuses to transfer frequencies for 5G, which effectively delays any 5G rollout there for several years.

Belgium, 31 March
2019:

The Belgian Environment Minister announces that Brussels is halting its 5G rollout
plans, saying, “The people of Brussels are not guinea pigs whose health I can sell at
a profit.”

Germany, 4 April
2019:

Germans sign a petition en masse to force the German Bundestag to debate 5G.

Netherlands, 4 April Members of Parliament in the Netherlands insist that radiation research must be
2019:
carried out before any approval of the 5G network.

USA, 5 April 2019:

California Supreme Court Justices unanimously uphold a 2011 San Francisco ordinance requiring telecommunications companies to get permits before placing antennas on city infrastructure.

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Switzerland, 9 April
2019:

The Canton of Vaud adopts a resolution calling for a moratorium on 5G antennas
until the publication this summer of a report on 5G by the Swiss Federal Office for
the Environment.

Switzerland, 10April 2019:

Geneva adopts a motion for a moratorium on 5G, calling on the Council of State torequest WHO to monitor independent scientific studies to determine the harmful
effects of 5G.

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