What You Need to Know About 5G

Joan Cerio welcomes Dr. David Carpenter, Director of the Institute
for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany, who
shares his research on the human effects of radiofrequency
electromagnetic fields and his views on 5G. The show begins with an
explanation of what 5G is, what is can do for us, its potential
health risks, and some ways to reduce exposure. David O. Carpenter
is a public health physician whose current position is Director of
the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at
Albany, as well as Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
within the School of Public Health at the University at Albany.
After receiving his MD degree from Harvard Medical School he chose
a career of research and public health. After research positions at
the National Institute of Mental Health and the Armed Forces
Radiobiology Research Institute, he came to Albany in 1980 as the
Director of the Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research of
the New York State Department of Health, the third largest public
health laboratory in the US after NIH and CDC. He was instrumental
in creating the School of Public Health at the University at Albany
in 1985. He was then appointed as the founding Dean of the School
of Public Health, a position he held until 1998 when he assumed his
current position. Dr. Carpenter's research initially was basic
neurobiology, and more recently has primarily been the study of
human disease resulting from exposure to environment contaminants
and more specifically, the adverse human effects of electromagnetic
fields. He became a spokesperson for New York State on issues
related to EMFs. He has edited two books and written several review
articles on the subject. He testified before the President's Cancer
Panel in 2009 on human health effects of both power line and
radiofrequency EMFs from a variety of sources. He is Co-Editor of
the Bioinitiative Report which is a review of the effects of EMFs.