Fact Check: Are 5G experiments responsible for large-scale death of birds in Italy?

Claim: 5G experiments killed many birds in Italy

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What is rumour about?

• 5G experiments have been linked to  death of many birds that have been found lying dead on streets of Italy. 
• While many social media forwards have linked "5G killing birds" incident to Nerlands, some have started to link it with Sweden and Italy as well. 
• Some posts are even linking incident to coronavirus pandemic. 

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Who started rumour?

• Social media forwards

Im courtesy: Twitter

Im courtesy: Twitter

Im courtesy: Twitter

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Google Trends 

After an analysis of Google Trends with respect to dead birds in Italy rumour, one can see that people have been hugely interested to kw wher birds died in Italy due to 5G issues. maximum number of searches have been done on April 5, 2020, and searches are rising slowly day by day. 

Im courtesy: Google Trends 

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Rating: False

Republic World did a fact check on "dead birds in Italy" rumour

• Republic World found claims about 5G causing death of birds in Italy to be False. 
• im that is circulating is found to be from mass die-off of starlings in Nerlands in 2018, and it's relation to 5G is t proven as of yet.  
• In 2018, at a park in Hague, Nerlands, a mysterious mass die-off (starlings and some pigeons) of birds actually occurred on October 19, 2018. But cause of ir death couldn't be found. Some ruled it out saying that it might be mass poisoning or some viral infection or mysterious death. But proper response came from officials. 
• That time, in 2018, many conspiracy ories started which termed that mass die-off in Nerlands occurred due to a 5G antenna test. However, re is proper evidence from any officials that could substantiate claims of 5G experiments in Nerlands. 
• Many people like John Kuhles and Erin Elizabeth started writing about ir conspiracy ories through ir Facebook ps, without any proper proof to validate ir claims of 5G experiments actually being responsible for death of birds. Though y have w removed ir Facebook posts. 
• Mysterious bird deaths are actually t an uncommon phemen and are seen once in a while in some locations due to unkwn reasons. In 2011 in Arkansas, Louisiana, and parts of Sweden were said to have witnessed such mysterious deaths of birds as well. 

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• According to a paper published in  International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety and published on NCBI website, researchers termed 5G frequencies to be safe and to be causing adverse health effects. Here is snip of paper. 

Im courtesy: NCBI

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