Martin Pall
Martin L. Pall is professor emeritus of biochemistry and basic medical sciences at Washington State University. He is a specialist in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, multiple chemical sensitivity, and the effects of low-intensity microwave frequency electromagnetic fields (MWV-EMF) on the human body. He believes that the expansion of 5G mobile phone networks and the use of wireless technology has negative consequences for human health.
Early life
Pall has a BA in physics and earned his PhD in biochemistry and genetics from Caltech.[1]
Career
Pall was professor of biochemistry and basic medical sciences at Washington State University (WSU). During his tenure, he researched and published numerous articles on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. In 2008, he retired from his teaching position to concentrate his time researching the effect multiple chemical sensitivity and low intensity microwave frequency electromagnetic fields (MWV-EMF) have on the human body.[1]
He has been a critic of the expansion of 5G mobile phone networks and the use of wireless technology generally, believing the technology has negative consequences for human health.[2][3][4] In 2019, Kenneth R. Foster of Scientific American described him as "the most visible scientist in the public arena on this issue",[5] while The Guardian described his research interests as "practically an encyclopaedia of the medical counterculture".[6]
Professor Kenneth Foster, a bioengineer at the University of Pennsylvania has criticised Pall's ideas as using selective evidence that ignores research that finds no link between mobile phone technology and human health.[7]
References
- "Martin Pall". HiBR. 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 29 September 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- Cellan-Jones, Rory (16 May 2020). "Conspiracy theorists 'hijacked' 5G report". BBC News. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- "Is 5G Going to Kill Us All?". The New Republic. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- Attkisson, Sharyl (15 September 2019). "5G technology promises to be faster; Could it come with health risks". WCIV. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- Foster, Kenneth (16 Sep 2019). "5G Is Coming: How Worried Should We Be about the Health Risks? So far, at least there's little evidence of danger". Scientific American. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- Hern, Alex (26 July 2019). "How baseless fears over 5G rollout created a health scare". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- Reardon, Marguerite (30 July 2020). "Is 5G hazardous to your health?". CNET. Retrieved 3 August 2020.