The rollout of 5G has led to very high levels of radiation outside schools. This is shown by measurements made in the surroundings of ten schools in Örebro. The levels are much higher than the maximum levels recommended by independent experts.
The measurements were carried out by researcher and former professor of oncology, Lennart Hardell. The results were recently published in the Fortune Journal of Health Sciences.
The highest levels measured at each school ranged from 10 716 to 68 452 µW/m².
Compared to the levels recommended by doctors and scientists in 2016 (European EMF Guidelines) the levels are very much higher. The 2016 EMF guidelines recommended maximum 100 µW/m² for daytime exposure. The same maximum level was recommended by the European Parliamentary Assembly in 2011.
However, the measured levels are significantly lower than the maximum level allowed by the ICNIRP, the WHO and the European Commission, EC:
Max levels (RMS) 10 schools EMF Guidelines 2016 ICNIRP/WHO/EC
10 716 – 68 452 100 10 000 000
ICNIRP only heating effects
The limits recommended by ICNIRP, the WHO and the EC only protects against harmful effects resulting from heating when the radiation is so intense that it heats body tissue within one hour. In consequence they do not protectt against other harmful effects of pulsed modulated microwave radiation from 4G, 5G, WiFi, etc. and is therefore criticised by the majority of scientists working in the field as being seriously inadequate.
The radiation measurements were made with a Narda meter that measures radiation as Root Mean Square (RMS) which is an average measurement unit. This means that the results will be clearly lower than those measured as maximum peak values and measured, for example, with the Safe and Sound Pro II meter (see previous case studies). In one of these previous case studies, measurements were made with both Narda in RMS and with Safe and Sound Pro II in maximum peak value.
For example, the levels of radiation measured as the maximum peak value at two different locations were 749,000 µW/m² and 504,000 µW/m²
At the same time, the Narda RMS showed 137,889 µW/m² and 88,616 µW/m² at the same locations, i.e. more than five times lower.
Extensive research shows harmful effects
There is plenty of research that has repeatedly shown that microwaves or radio frequency radiation cause harmful effects at levels well below the ICNIRP/WHO limits. For example, the BioInitiative report presented a long list of research already in 2012 that showed harmful effects. Over 1,300 studies have shown harmful effects on the brain, on reproduction, on cellular DNA or oxidative stress. Research has repeatedly shown that people living near mobile phone masts suffer adverse health effects in the form of microwave syndrome or cancer. All studies so far investigating the health impacts of 5G base stations show adverse effects. A compilation of seven 5G case studies was published in June 2024 in Reviews of Environmental Health.
References:
Lennart Hardell, Mona Nilsson. High Radiofrequency Radiation in the Surroundings of 10 Schools in Örebro. Fortune Journal of Health Sciences 8 (2025): 306-310. Länk
Hardell, Lennart and Nilsson, Mona. ”Summary of seven Swedish case reports on the microwave syndrome associated with 5G radiofrequency radiation” Reviews on Environmental Health, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2024-0017
