It turns out that a bunch of necklaces and accessories claiming to “protect” people from 5G mobile networks are radioactive and people don’t have much sympathy.
The Dutch authority for nuclear safety and radiation protection (ANVS) issued a warning about ten products including sleeping masks, bracelets and necklaces, which they found gave off harmful ionising radiation and urged people not to use them.
“Don’t wear it any more, put it away safely and wait for the return instructions,” the ANVS said in a statement.
“The sellers in the Netherlands known to the ANVS have been told that the sale is prohibited and must be stopped immediately, and that they must inform their customers about this.”
5G has been the subject of many conspiracy theories. Some people have falsely claimed it is spreading coronavirus, a theory that broadcaster Eamonn Holmes got in trouble for discussing.
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Despite this, there is no evidence that 5G networks are harmful to health, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Meanwhile, the necklaces are not the only tat the “anti-5G” brigade have attempted to flog. A BBC News investigation discovered that a £339 USB key that claims to block “magneto-electric fog” supposedly caused by 5G networks, was nothing more than a £5 USB device with a sticker attached in 2020.
Reacting to the radioactive necklaces, people didn’t exactly feel sorry for conspiracy theorists and thought the irony was almost too perfect:
So, we were wrong to assume anti-5G necklaces had no effect - Anti-5G necklaces found to be radioactive! https://t.co/5HPHX2yN3h
— Chris French 💙 (@chriscfrench) December 18, 2021
Look, it's very easy to mock the fact that 'Anti-5G' necklaces worn by conspiracy 'theorists' have turned out to be radioactive...
— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) December 17, 2021
So knock yourself out!
https://t.co/VUFdrkjBR1
Hey Siri, show me irony and/or actual stupidity. https://t.co/ADXoGcEQyd
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) December 17, 2021
When the curie is worse than the disease https://t.co/DYnCRG1lSl
— Alex Selby-Boothroyd (@AlexSelbyB) December 17, 2021
‘Anti-5G’ necklaces are radioactive and dangerous, Dutch nuclear experts say
— Schadenfreude 🏳️🌈 (@jeffsprogress) December 17, 2021
I shouldn’t.
But piss myself laughing. Thick as mince. https://t.co/RQa0gOs7gM
I can't even https://t.co/s24JdJzwox
— Zoe Kleinman (@zsk) December 17, 2021
Insert your own punchline: https://t.co/nVsBJOF4F5
— Rebel City Podcast (@RebelCityPod) December 18, 2021
I have no wordshttps://t.co/2jeAAKqEAc
— Andy Diament (@andydiament) December 18, 2021
“Energy Armor” face masks, bracelets, and necklaces , and a child’s bracelet — sold to “protect” the wearer from 5G “radiation” — have been found to be radioactive.
— ÆnesidemusOZ (aka Grandalf) 😷💉💉😈🐀 (@AenesidemusOZ) December 18, 2021
Sometime Karma really IS a bitch. https://t.co/Wqast21lh0
The perfect headline doesn't exi...
— Artem Russakovskii (@ArtemR) December 18, 2021
"Anti-5G necklaces found to be radioactive"https://t.co/FoJEdr67u3
A fool and his money are easily parted.
