1) Most previous studies re. effect of RF/EMF on plants occurred in controlled laboratories over relatively short periods of time. This study attempted to duplicate real life, outdoors, for several months, with levels of EMF similar to those in our environment. The results confirmed those of Dr. Henry Lai and others: plants suffer from exposure just as we do.
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Wireless radiation affects plants
“It’s known that wireless radiation has harmful effects on plants exposed in laboratories for short periods of time, but what happens when they’re exposed in the natural environment for much longer?…
The plants were exposed to radiation levels that were ‘a few hundred times lower’ than radiation levels allowed in many countries around the world. ‘This scenario resembled conditions in places of peak radiation around cellular base stations (on or near the axis of the main radiation beam from a cellular antenna),’ the authors wrote.”
https://preview.mailerlite.com/f4c1k7v1x5/2299714530881574133/v7j3/
The study:
Do electromagnetic fields used in telecommunications affect wild plant species? A control impact study conducted in the field
“This study attempts to assess these long-term effects of RF-EMF exposure on wild plants under controlled experimental field conditions. We investigated the impacts of RF-EMF exposure (866–868 MHz frequency band) from seed germination to maturation for ten common herbaceous plant species over a four-month period…
We observed RF-EMF effects in plants exposed to natural environmental stresses (not growing in optimum laboratory conditions) and these effects were permanent and irreversible. ”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X23004090
2) Below is a newsletter from ART. Even though it pertains to US Bills, there are ideas we can use in our battles as well as warnings about what will be coming to Canada. Unfortunately, what happens in the US often happens here.
Letters:
From: “Americans for Responsible Technology” <info@americansforresponsibletech.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2023 9:03:53 AM
Subject: Bad Telecom Bills in Washington – Help!
The wireless industry has introduced a blizzard of new bills in Congress to speed up deployment of cell towers and antennas in neighborhoods, national parks, and outer space.
With hundreds of lobbyists in Washington and a compliant Congress, the wireless industry is making a big push to get rid of anything that stands in their way of wireless connectivity everywhere, all the time.
The worst bill, HR 3557, would virtually eliminate local control over antenna deployment. If it passes, the FCC and the telecoms, not your local board, will decide if a wireless antenna can be erected in your front yard. You will have no say in the matter.
See: https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/stop3557 and
Advocates’ flyer: https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/_files/ugd/2cea04_593a49e940d54b8b8fba714571c8a8cd.pdf
AND THAT’S NOT ALL !!
What better place to put up new cell towers and antennas than in our national parks and wilderness areas? HR 3293 calls for the establishment of a “strike force” to ensure quick approvals of applications, development of online portals to speed up application processing, and removal of “barriers” to rapid deployment of wireless infrastructure on all federal lands.
We will strongly oppose any bills that use taxpayer dollars to make it easier for telecoms to place their ugly, dangerous, fire-prone antennas in our national parks and monuments, historic sites, and wilderness areas.
AND THERE’S MORE
Another set of bills (HR 1338 and others) makes it easier for wireless companies to launch thousands of additional telecom satellites in space. No one seems troubled by the fact that this violates international treaties, or that the FCC admits it lacks any legal basis to authorize space satellites, or that a chain of collisions could lead to massive catastrophic incidents or worse. Who will say no?….
You can find sample scripts, read more about these bills, and see letters and talking points on this page of the ART website.
https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/3557letters
Sharon Noble, Director, Citizens for Safer Tech
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir
Sent from my wired laptop with no wireless components. Practice Safe Tech.