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📊 Moskowitz's SaferEMR 5G research review, August 2026 update: 18 of 80 papers now test real 5G, still 'flying blind'
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Joel M. Moskowitz
Public health researcher, SaferEMR
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Joel Moskowitz has refreshed his SaferEMR 5G research review (updated 26 Aug 2026). Since our Feb 2026 coverage the EMF-Portal 5G count is up from 1,099 to 1,242 papers, the medical/biological subset from 64 to 80, and papers testing real 5G modulation (not continuous waves at 5G-band frequencies) from 12 to 18. Walking through each of the 18, Moskowitz notes several nulls (Haidar, Michelant, Jyoti, Sannino, Torkan) and narrow, exposure-specific effects (Sousouri on sleep EEG), but flags that most were short-duration and small-sample with "low statistical power", so nulls are not evidence of safety, and he still calls population-scale 5G safety "flying blind".
"of the 1,242 papers published on "5G," only 80 papers or 6 percent, were medical/biological studies"
— Joel M. Moskowitz, UC Berkeley
"only 18 of these 80 papers actually discussed studies that tested the effects of 5G exposure"
— Joel M. Moskowitz, UC Berkeley
"Almost all of the following 80 "5G medical/biological studies" listed in EMF-Portal reported significant adverse biological or health effects; however, of these 80 papers (not studies), 62 papers tested 5G carrier frequencies but did not use 5G modulation."
— Joel M. Moskowitz, UC Berkeley
"Twelve papers (nine studies) examined the effects of 5G exposure using a signal generator that simulated some type of 5G modulation (although not other key features of 5G). Sousouri (2024) appears to have used typical real-world 5G signals. Most studies were of short duration and had small sample sizes resulting in low statistical power and limited ability to detect small- or moderate-sized effects."
— Joel M. Moskowitz, UC Berkeley
"Thus, to quote Senator Richard Blumenthal, we are still "flying blind" with regard to ensuring the safety of the population from the short- and long-term effects of widespread exposure to 5G radiation."
— Joel M. Moskowitz, UC Berkeley
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