[LINK] Mobile phones 'killing bees'

[David Boxall]

The accuracy of the original report is questionable:
<http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/2007/04/16/if_mobile_phone_kill_off_bees_what_about_people_updated_and_mostly_debunked.html>. 


I do wonder about increasing levels of electromagnetic pollution 
though.  Are we emulating what the Romans are said to have done with 
plumbing?

Adam Todd wrote:
>
>
> As long as it can be tuned to only affect African Bees (Killer Bees) 
> then I'm all for an increase in Mobile Phone use!
>
> At 08:40 PM 23/04/2007, David Boxall wrote:
>> Just when I thought it was safe ...
>>
>> <http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=50026&eid=1&edate=20070419> 
>>
>>
>> "Researchers at Langer University in Koblenz said that radio 
>> interference from devices like mobile phones could be causing a 
>> dramatic decline in bee numbers.
>>
>> The study suggests that the radio waves scramble bees' internal 
>> navigation systems, leaving them unable to find their hives."

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