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Electromagnetic radiation from power lines and phone masts poses 'credible' threat to wildlife, report finds
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of The Telegraph (One of the UK's leading newspapers)
Posted: May 27th, 2018
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/05/17/electromagnet...
Electromagnetic radiation from power lines, wi-fi, phone masts and broadcast transmitters poses a credible threat to wildlife, a new report suggests. An analysis of 97 studies by the EU-funded review body EKLIPSE concluded that radiation is a potential risk to insect and bird orientation and plant health. The charity Buglife warned that despite good evidence of the harms there was little research ongoing to assess the impact, or apply pollution limits. The charity said serious impacts on the environment could not be ruled out and called for 5G transmitters to be placed away from street lights, which attract insects, or areas where they could harm wildlife. Matt Shardlow, CEO of Buglife said: We apply limits to all types of pollution to protect the habitability of our environment, but as yet, even in Europe, the safe limits of electromagnetic radiation have not been determined, let alone applied." As of March, 237 scientists have signed an appeal to the United Nations asking them to take the risks posed by electromagnetic radiation more seriously. The EKLIPSE report found that the magnetic orientation of birds, mammals and invertebrates such as insects and spiders could be disrupted by electromagnetic radiation (EMR). It [found] that plant metabolism is also altered by EMR. The authors of the review conclude that there is an urgent need to strengthen the scientific basis of the knowledge on EMR and their potential impacts on wildlife.
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