Disappearing Insect Populations Blamed On Microwave Technology

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Re: Disappearing Insect Populations Blamed On Microwave Technology

Posted by: karlmuller30

Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:03 am (PDT)

At the opening of this exhibition last week, Dr Max Clark presented
the preliminary findings of their research on insects across a wide
range of habitats. They correlated the number of ant species with
cellphone radiation levels at both 900MHz and 1800MHz, and showed
graphs with a clear and consistent decline in the number of ant
species found with increasing radiation. Basically, at the higher
radiation levels, some 10% of the ant species disappeared from the
landscape.

Clark ended with a strong appeal for the precautionary principle to be
applied, and said the cellphone operators should sponsor research into
the long-term cumulative effects of their activities. I thanked him
very sincerely for endorsing the precautionary principle -- such a
simple and rational response where there is evidence of possible harm,
and yet the WHO cannot bring itself to take this elementary step.

I spoke also to Prof Shirley Hanrahan, head of the zoology dept at
Wits University and an expert entomologist, who was at the
presentation. I said the disappearance of 10% of entire species of
ants (presumably those species not able to tolerate microwave
radiation) must surely have evolutionary implications. She said "Yes
of course."

Interesting that the killing of one in ten is the precise definition
of "to decimate". So we can say that cellphone radiation is literally
decimating ant species.

We've asked if there was any press release or formal version of these
results, have had no reply, so I've decided to put this out. Clark
said there was many years' worth of work still to be done, and the
study has been very carefully structured to provide baseline figures
for research in all parts of the world for decades to come. I really
do think this is highly significant work.