Serious Harm being done to
Birds and Bees by RF-EMF (Cell Phone Towers)
EMFs and microwave towers
have been found to have a significant effect on
birds, bees, plants, animals
,
and humans. Some
bees and insects’
populations are declining rapidly
and
in serious trouble.
A
review in 2012 of nearly 1000 studies on birds, bees, plants, animals, and
humans.
Negative impacts of
EMFs were found in 593 while only 180 found no effect (27).
A review of 113 studies found 65% reported
significant negative effects of EMFS (28a). 75% showed negative effects on
plants, with the most pronounced effects on the reproduction of birds and bees.
5G Towers likely to have much
more effects than current towers.
Many
other studies have found similar adverse effects on bees (29,30, etc.)
5 G is 10 times more powerful
than 4 G
- requires a tower every 330 feet (maximum distance effective
distribution-every 2 to 5 homes in subdivision) - a cell phone or computer acts
as repeater and gets huge exposure for individual near it. (31)
Causes Major effects on birds and bees, as well as humans. Hundreds
of studies show negative health effects for current cell tower frequencies for Birds,
Bees, Insects, Animals, Humans. No studies known that show 5 G safe for humans,
birds, or bees. This info quotes several scientific studies. Large number of scientists
have said danger is so clear they recommend ban on 5G and documented their case-
no credible experts have been able to counter their information. Einstein: if
honeybees disappear, mankind will follow within 4 years. Birds and bees are
essential to human life. (95 Gigahertz is weapons grade power and causes
physical harm- some 5 G is more than this, most limited to just barely less)
Towerkill
is a
phenomenon in which birds
are killed by collisions with
antenna towers. ... But night
illuminations around the towers can also disrupt migration patterns, with
disoriented birds colliding with the structure.
Research indicates that
blinking lights can reduce deaths without diminishing visibility by aircraft.
(32)
Because of the
huge harm to wildlife that has been documented a
New study calls for EMF
regulation to protect wildlife
(34).
5G will
increase
ambient levels of
wireless radiofrequency radiation. Peer-reviewed research has demonstrated a
myriad of adverse effects from wireless radiofrequency radiation including
increased
brain cancer,
DNA damage
,
oxidative stress,
immune dysfunction
,
altered brain development,
damaged reproduction,
sleep changes
,
hyperactivity
, and
memory damage.
(RESEARCH HERE)
(35)
EKLIPSE
, an EU-funded
review body dedicated to policy that may impact biodiversity and the ecosystem,
looked over 97 studies on how electromagnetic radiation may affect the
environment. It concluded this radiation could indeed pose a potential risk to
bird and insect orientation and plant health
. A study from 2010
suggested that this electromagnetic radiation may be playing a role in the
decline of certain animal and insect populations. The radio waves can disrupt
the magnetic "compass" that many migrating birds and insects use. The
creatures may become disorientated and unable to find their way back to home. (36)
References
& other studies:
(27) Impacts of Radio-frequency
EMF (RF-EMF) from
Cell Phone
Towers
and Wireless Devices
on Biosystem and Ecosystem- A Review, Biology & Medicine, Vol 4, no. 4, (2012),
202-216; Sivani S et al,
http://www.biolmedonline.com/Articles/Vol4_4_2012/Vol4_4_202-216_BM-8.pdf
(28)”A
Review of Ecological Effects of RF-EMF “, Environment International, Vol 51
(2013): 116-40, Cururachi C, et al;
&
“Busy as a Bee: Pollinators put Food on the Table”, National Resource Defense
Council, June 2015,
https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/bee-deaths-FS.pdf
(29) Colony Collapse
Disorder (CCD) in
Honey Bees
Caused by EMF Radiation,
Sundar Santhosh Kumar
,
Bioinformation.
2018;
14(9): 521–524.
(30)
Radio-Frequency
Electromagnetic Field Exposure of Western
Honey Bees
.
Sci
Rep
10,
461 (2020).
Thielens
,
A., Greco, M.K.,
Verloock
, L.
et al.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56948-0
(32)
COMMUNICATION
TOWERS: A DEADLY HAZARD TO BIRDS
-AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY, JUNE,
2000, KILLING OF 230 BIRD SPECIES
(numbers much higher now)
The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
estimates that from
four to forty million birds are killed annually
at
such towers
(33)
Towerkill
is a
phenomenon in which birds are killed by
collisions with
antenna towers. ... But night
illuminations around the towers can also disrupt migration patterns, with
disoriented birds colliding with the structure.
Research indicates that
blinking lights can reduce deaths without diminishing visibility by aircraft.
(34) “Effects
of non-ionizing electromagnetic fields on flora and fauna, part 1. Rising
ambient EMF levels in the environment” Blake Levitt, Henry Lai and Albert Manville:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34047144/
The
Birds, the Bees and Electromagnetic Pollution Dr. Andrew Goldsworthy
May 2009;
How
electromagnetic fields can disrupt both solar and magnetic bee navigation and
reduce immunity to disease all in one go
Effect
of Cell Phone Towers on Bees-Review
Decline of
bees, other pollinators threatens US crop yields
-
Lack of bees is hampering the production of
apples, blueberries, cherries, etc. in the U.S. Bees are key pollinators and
are responsible for one-third of our food supply.
Bee hives
have declined 60% in last 60 years in England
,
& wild bees similarly-
Effect of electromagnetic radiation of cell phone tower on foraging behaviour of Asiatic honey bee, Apis cerana F. Ritu Ranjan Taye, et al; Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2017; 5(3): 1527-1529
The
results from the present
investigation revealed that the
Apis
cerana
colonies
in close proximity to mobile phones towers were most affected
by the electromagnetic radiation
emitted by the tower. The flight activity and returning ability of worker honey
bees were maximum in colonies placed at 500m and minimum at 100m from the
tower. Findings of several works reported sharp decline and potential health
hazards in honey bee populations due to cell phone radiation and could considerably
weaken the infrastructure of food webs.
http://www.entomoljournal.com/archives/2017/vol5issue3/PartU/5-3-142-590.pdf
An experiment conducted in the southern state of Kerala found
that a sudden fall in the bee population was caused by towers installed across
the state by
cellphone
companies to increase their network.The
electromagnetic waves
emitted by the towers crippled the "navigational
skills" of the worker bees that go out to collect nectar from flowers to
sustain bee colonies, said Dr. Sainuddin
Pattazhy, who conducted the study, the Press
Trust of India news agency reported.
Study links bee decline to cell phones
,
London,
England (CNN),
https://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/06/30/bee.decline.mobile.phones/index.html
A new study has suggested that cell phone radiation may be contributing
to declines in bee populations. Bee populations dropped 17 percent in the UK
last year, according to the British Bee Association, and nearly 30 percent in
the United States says the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
In a study
at Panjab University in Chandigarh, northern India, researchers fitted cell
phones to a hive and powered them up for two fifteen-minute periods each day.
After three months, they found the bees stopped producing honey, egg production
by the queen bee halved, and the size of the hive dramatically reduced.
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Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields impair the Cognitive and Motor Abilities of Honey Bees, S. Shepherd,et al, Sci Rep . 2018; 8: 7932. 2018 May 21, Extremely low frequency electromagnetic field (ELF EMF) pollution from overhead powerlines is known to cause biological effects across many phyla. ELF EMF exposure was found to reduce learning, alter flight dynamics, reduce the success of foraging flights towards food sources, and feeding. The results suggest that 50 Hz ELF EMFs emitted from powerlines may represent a prominent environmental stressor for honey bees, with the potential to impact on their cognitive and motor abilities, which could in turn reduce their ability to pollinate crops.
Chronic RF-EMF exposure significantly reduced hatching of honey bee queens. Mortalities occurred during pupation, not at the larval stages. **************************************************************************
Increased
Aggression and Reduced Aversive Learning in Honey Bees Exposed to Extremely Low
Frequency Electromagnetic Fields,
PLoS One
,
2019 Oct 10;14
These results indicate that
short-term exposure to ELF EMFs, at levels that could be encountered in bee
hives placed under power lines, reduced aversive learning and increased
aggression levels. These behavioural changes could have wider ecological
implications in terms of the ability of bees to interact with, and respond
appropriately to, threats and negative environmental stimuli.
Chanda
Siddoo-Atwal, April 10,2018,
https://www.intechopen.com/books/current-understanding-of-apoptosis-programmed-cell-death/electromagnetic-radiation-from-cellphone-towers-a-potential-health-hazard-for-birds-bees-and-humans
Microwave sickness syndrome was first identified in the 1950s by Soviet researchers. In the 1970s, American researchers reported similar findings. The adverse biological effects of EMR from cellphone towers have been observed in birds, bees, and humans.
The associated decline in fruit-eating seed dispersers such as wild birds and in insect pollinators such as bees could have serious consequences for human food production.
It was determined that proximity to EMR from
cellphone towers may pose a potential cancer risk in humans since microwave
radiation can induce various apoptotic pathways leading to cell death in
transformed human cell lines. The stimulation of cellular apoptosis resulting
in deregulated cell proliferation is being increasingly linked to cancer and
may provide a possible mechanism for microwave radiation carcinogenesis.
Review- EMF Effect on Birds (Physicians for
Safe Technology)
https://mdsafetech.org/environmental-and-wildlife-effects/
Animal Life and the Earth’s Magnetic Field
A
diverse array of animal life relies upon the earth’s magnetic field for
navigation, breeding, feeding, migration and survival. Biologists have
discovered
that wireless electromagnetic radiation
disturbs internal magneto-receptors used for navigation, as well as disrupting
other complex cellular and biologic processes in mammals, birds, fish, insects,
trees, plants, seeds and bacteria with profound impacts on the natural
environment. Different species have different interactions with radiofrequency
radiation (RFR) and differ in their toxic effect. These effects may not be
immediately apparent with a slow decline in the health of wildlife seen over
time with cumulative exposure.
A
study by the Centre for Environment and Vocational Studies of Punjab University
noted that embryos of 50 eggs of house sparrows were dam- aged after being
exposed to mobile tower radia- tion for 5–30 minutes (MOEF, 2010). Observed
changes included reproductive and coordination problems and aggressiveness.
Tower-emitted microwave radiation affected bird breeding, nest- ing, and
roosting in Valladolid, Spain (US Fish & Wildlife Service, 2009). House
sparrows, white storks, rock doves, magpies, collared doves exhibited nest and
site abandonment, plumage deterioration (lack of shine, beardless rachis,
etc.), locomotion problems, and even death among some birds. No symptoms were
observed prior to construction of the cell phone towers. According to Balmori,
plumage deterioration and damaged feather are the first signs of weakening,
illnesses, or stress in birds. The disappearance of insects, leading to lack of
food, could have an influence on bird’s weakening, especially at the first
stages in young bird’s life. In chick embryos exposed to ELF pulsed EMR, a
potent teratogenic effect was observed, leading to microphthalmia, abnormal
trunkal torsion, and malformations on the neural tube (Lahijani and Ghafoori,
2000).
White
storks were heavily impacted by the tower radiation
during
the 2002–2004 nest- ing season in Spain. E
vidence of a connec- tion between
sparrow decline in UK and the introduction of phone mast GSM was estab- lished
(Balmori,
2009). In a study in Spain, the effects of mobile phone mast has been noted in
house sparrow (
Passer domesticus
), white stork (
Ciconia ciconia
),
reporting problems with reproduction, circulatory, and central nervous
system, general health and well-being (micro- wave syndrome
) (Balmori,
2009).
Deformities and deaths were noted in the domestic chicken embryos
subjected to low-level, non-thermal radiation from the standard 915MHz cell
phone frequency under laboratory conditions
(US Fish & Wildlife
Service, 2009). Neural responses of
Zebra Finches to 900MHz radiation
under laboratory conditions showed that
76% of the neurons responded by 3.5
times more
firings (Beason and Semm, 2002).
Eye, beak, and brain tissues
of birds are loaded with magnetite, sensi- tive to magnetic fields, interferes
with navigat
ion (Mouritsen and Ritz, 2005).
Increased Radiofrequency Radiation and The
Decline of Birds, Bees and Wildlife
Biologists
have noted that wildlife are susceptible to harm from manmade ambient
electromagnetic fields. Researchers are now attributing RFR from cellular
telecommunications to be a contributing cause of bee “colony collapse
disorder”, insect disappearance, the decline in house sparrows in London, as
well as the steady deterioration of the worlds bird population with now than 40%
of bird species under critical threat. Scientists note a serious lack of
radiation monitoring and protocols to study the impacts and call for precaution
in the placement of cell towers and further expansion of wireless broadband. In
the United States, Section 704 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 does not
allow consideration of environmental effects in the placement of cell
towers.
Telecommunications Act of 1996
The European Commissions Scientific
Committee on Health and Environmental Emerging Risks (SCHEER)
In 2018
SCHEER issued their
emerging risks report
. They listed 5G electromagnetic
radiation as an emerging risk due to it’s effects on wildlife. They pointed to
a recent
article
“5G wireless telecommunications expansion: Public
health and environmental implications. (2018) by Russell CL in
Environmental Research. Other important research includes Dr. Martin
Pall’s articles
5G: Great Risk for EU
and
Wi-Fi is an important threat to human health.
Wildlife Are More Vulnerable to Wireless
Radiation
Adverse
responses from radiofrequency radiation that have been identified include
abnormal behavior, developmental abnormalities, diminished reproduction and
increased mortality. Birds, bees, turtles, dolphins, salamanders, salmon,
amphibians and other animals use the earth’s weak magnetic field and their own
internal magneto-receptors to navigate. Birds have feathers that can act
as antenna and amplify the negative effects of RF radiation
Bigu-del-Blanco
(1975). Insects, the base of the food
chain, appear particularly susceptible to radiofrequency radiation, especially
5G millimeter wavelengths which are the size of the insect and create a
damaging resonance effect.
Mammals,
like humans, have similar reproductive organs, immune systems and nervous
systems, thus are susceptible to molecular and cellular harm from artificial
wireless radiofrequency wavelengths. Katie Singer, in her extensively
referenced book Electronic Silent Spring, highlights that the earths living
systems evolved their own internal and external signaling systems in the
presence of the earth’s low electromagnetic environment and thus are vulnerable
to the much higher levels of artificial pulsed electromagnetic radiation
experienced today.
Cell Towers Emit Wireless Radiation Over
Dozens of Miles of Terrain
Stationary
cell and radio towers create a circle of high power wireless radiation (1500
feet) around them, with a much larger radius (dozens of miles) of lower power
radiation, which scientists have found can contribute to environmental
disturbances. In cities the density is much higher with more towers and
co-location of multiple antennas on a single tower to accommodate multiple
telecommunication carriers. Firstenberg (2017) in his fascinating and
well-researched book, The Invisible Rainbow: A History of Electricity and Life,
describes both observations and biological experiments performed, mostly in
Europe, where radio broadcast towers caused not only human symptoms but
also affected widespread forest health with loss of birds, thinner growth rings
on trees, poor seed germination and loss of
duckweed
, among other effects. When these towers were
removed, not only did local residents symptoms disappear, the forest recovered.
The Skrunda Radio Location Case.
Homing Pigeons Magneto-Receptors
Disoriented by Wireless Communications
It is
well established that magnetite, a form of iron ore, is found in a wide variety
of organisms who use this magneto-receptor to sense the earth’s low energy
magnetic field as a directional reference. (Cadiou and McNaughton). Magnetite
acts as an internal compass of sorts. Migrating birds, fish, insects and animals
connect these magneto-receptors with the earth’s natural geomagnetic forces, to
successfully guide them in long and short distance journeys, necessary for
feeding and breeding. Modern communications systems with a proliferation of
cell towers and smart meters in cities and rural areas, create a fluctuating
blanket of continuous pulsating artificial radiofrequency wave mixtures that
can alter local magnetic fields and thus impair migration and orientation of
birds in addition to effects on pollinators. In 1998, soon after cell towers
were installed in Pennsylvania, pigeon races ended in disaster as up to 90% of
birds were disoriented and lost their navigational skills.
When Homing Pigeons Don’t Go Home Again
NY
Times. Dec 6, 1998.
Bird Navigation Disabled in Cities
Independently
replicated studies have confirmed the radio frequency (RFR) effects on
orientation of birds.
Engles
et al (2014) exposed migratory European robins
to background electromagnetic noise present in unscreened wooden huts at the
University of Oldenburg city campus in Germany and found they could not orient
using their magnetic compass. If grounded their orientation reappeared but
disappeared again if broadband radiofrequencies were generated inside the huts.
He did not believe the effects at first and performed the same double-blinded
study many times in 7 years and with different graduate students to confirm the
effect before publishing his findings.
Dr.
Engles concluded, “The disruptive effect of radiofrequency electromagnetic
fields is not confined to a narrow frequency band and birds tested far from
sources of electromagnetic noise required no screening to orient with their
magnetic compass.” Research has also demonstrated abnormalities in reproduction
and behavior of birds nesting near cell towers in addition to harm to
amphibians. This raises the question of the health and sustainability of cites
with a dense assortment of telecommunications towers.
Bee Colony Collapse Disorder
Bees
are a critical pollinator species. Of the 100 crops that provide 90% of the
world’s food supply, 71 are pollinated by bees, according to the
UN Environmental Program
. Researchers agree
that we are in the midst of a pollinator crisis. The White House in 2014 was so
concerned it established a
Federal Strategy
with a Pollinator Task Force to promote bee health. As bee numbers have
plummeted around the world, scientists have been investigating causes. They
have found several contributing factors affecting the health and reproduction
of bees, including pesticides, global climate change, loss of habitat and air
pollution with new research pointing towards microwave radiation as an
important and yet unrecognized cause for concern. Bees contain magnetite
granules in their abdomen which offer them the ability to navigate with the
earths natural low power non-pulsating magnetic field.
Bee Behavior Disruption by Cell
Phone Radiation
Bees
operate in about a 5 kilometer radius and typically find their way without
difficulty.
Sharma
et
al (2010) looked at bee behavior placing a cell phone near a hive. They found
worker bees returned less and less frequently to the beehive after the
installation of a mobile phone. There was a significant decline in colony
strength and the rate of queen egg laying.
Kumar
et
al (2011) looked at physiologic changes in bees exposed to cell phone radiation
and found it creates a stress response, increased agitation and increase in
carbohydrate metabolism.
Favre
et
al (2017) clearly demonstrated that bee behavior is disrupted by exposure to
cell phone GSM radiofrequency radiation and caused worker bees to emit a piping
signal to swarm. Bees have also demonstrated aggression after 30 minutes of
cell phone exposure. Dr. Favre notes, “Mobile phone companies and policy makers
point to studies with contradictory results.” However, his study distinctly
demonstrated adverse effects. He invites others to reproduce his research.
EKLIPSE REPORT,
an EU-funded review body dedicated to
policy that may impact biodiversity and the ecosystem, looked over 97 studies
on how electromagnetic radiation may affect the environment. It concluded this
radiation could indeed pose a potential risk to bird and insect orientation and
plant health.
EKLIPSE REPORT WEBPAGE
“Cryptochromes are very badly affected
by weak oscillating electromagnetic fields that are orders of magnitude weaker
than the Earth’s steady magnetic field. This can disrupt both solar and
magnetic navigation, which can account for colony collapse disorder in bees.”
—Dr. Andrew Goldsworthy
“Briefing Paper on the Need for Research into
the Cumulative Impacts of Communication Towers on Migratory Birds and Other
Wildlife in the United States.”
Division of Migratory Bird
Management (DMBM)
, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 2009.
·
Of concern to DMBM are
the potential impacts of radiation on bird populations.For example, preliminary
research on wild birds at cellular phone tower sites in Spain showed
strong negative correlations between levels of tower-emitted microwave
radiation and bird breeding, nesting, and roosting in the vicinity of the
electromagnetic fields.
·
Schwarze, S.,, et al.
“Weak Broadband Electromagnetic
Fields are More Disruptive to Magnetic Compass Orientation in a Night-Migratory
Songbird (Erithacus rubecula) than Strong Narrow-Band Fields.”
Front Behav Neurosci.
, vol. 10, no. 55, 2016.
Engels, S. et al.
“Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass
orientation in a migratory bird.”
Nature, vol. 509, 2014, pp.
353–6.
·
Scientists found that
migrating robins became disorientated when exposed to electromagnetic fields at
levels far lower than the safety threshold for humans. “Here we show that
migratory birds are unable to use their magnetic compass in the presence of
urban electromagnetic noise…These fully double-blinded tests document a
reproducible effect of anthropogenic electromagnetic noise on the behavior of
an intact vertebrate.”
Balmori A.
“Possible Effects of
Electromagnetic Fields from Phone Masts on a Population of White Stork (Ciconia
ciconia).”
Electromagn Biol Med
,
vol. 24, no. 2, 2005, pp. 109-19.
·
Interesting behavioral
observations of the white stork nesting sites located within 100m of one or
several cell site antennas were carried out. These results are compatible with
the possibility that microwaves are interfering with the reproduction of white
storks and would corroborate the results of laboratory research by other
authors In far away areas, where the radiation decreases progressively, the
chronic exposure can also have long term effects. Effects from antennas on the
habitat of birds are difficult to quantify, but they can cause a serious deterioration,
generating silent areas without male singers or reproductive couples.
Kavokin, K., et al.
“Magnetic orientation of garden warblers (Sylvia borin) under 1.4
MHz radiofrequency magnetic field.”
Journal of the Royal
Society, Interface, vol. 11, no. 97, 2014.
·
“Birds in experimental
cages, deprived of visual information, showed the seasonally appropriate
direction of intended flight with respect to the magnetic meridian. Weak
radiofrequency (RF) magnetic field (190 nT at 1.4 MHz) disrupted this
orientation ability.”
·
“These results may be
considered as an independent replication of earlier experiments, performed by
the group of R. and W. Wiltschko with European robins (Erithacus rubecula).
Confirmed outstanding sensitivity of the birds’ magnetic compass to RF fields
in the lower megahertz range demands for a revision of one of the mainstream
theories of magnetoreception, the radical-pair model of birds’ magnetic
compass.”
·
“As discussed above, the
high sensitivity of the birds’ magnetic compass to RF fields, found in
[21,22,24] and now confirmed by us, is difficult to explain within the existing
radical-pair theory ….”
Margaritis, L.H., et
al.
“Drosophila oogenesis as a biomarker responding to EMF sources.”
Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine
, vol. 33, no. 3,
2014, pp. 165-89.
·
A total of 280 different
experiments were performed. Exposure to wireless devices such as WiFi, baby
monitors, and phones created statistically significant effects regarding
reproduction and cell death apoptosis induction, even at very low intensity
levels (0.3 V/m bluetooth radiation), well below ICNIRP’s guidelines.
Nature
210
,
636
(
1966
)
There
appears to have evolved a body of opinion dismissing the existence of any
effect other than a thermal one on the pretext stated in one report
4
that the photon energy in the
frequency band of microwave radiation is insufficient by several orders of
magnitude to produce ionization. Apparently no consideration has been given to
the effect of induced electrical currents on the activity of the nervous system
of an animal. Animal tissues absorb microwave radiation diffusely and since
such tissues contain membrane interfaces which are semi-conducting,
polarization can occur. If the microwave radiation is in pulsed form, the
induced electrical currents will be modulated at the frequency of pulse
repetition. It has been demonstrated experimentally that nerve conduction
characteristics undergo a profound change when the nerve is subjected to a.c.
excitation
6
.
Therefore,
it is to be expected that microwave radiation would have an
effect on the nervous system of an animal depending on the depth of penetration.