New Study re Trifolium Family: Hares Foot Clover (Trifolium Arvense) permanently and irreversibly damaged by effects of RF-EMF exposure.Is our Irish Shamrock (Trifolium Dubium) now threatened by Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields?
Do electromagnetic fields used in telecommunications affect wild plant species? A control impact study conducted in the field
Czerwiński M*, Vian A, Woodcock BA, Goliński P, Recuero Virto L, Januszkiewicz Ł.
Highlights
•Existing studies on RF-EMF effects focus on laboratory short-time exposed crop plants.
•We study 10 wild taxa under field conditions from seed germination to plant maturity.
•Inter-specific variation in RF-EMF effects on plant morphology was observed.
•The strongest RF-EMF effects occurred for Trifolium arvense.
•Future studies should focus on keystone Trifolium species in grassland ecosystems.
Abstract
Over the last three decades there has been an unprecedented increase in both the coverage of wireless communication networks and the resultant radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF) exposure level. There is growing concern that this rapid environmental change may have unexpected consequences for living organisms. Existing research on plants has shown that RF-EMF radiation can affect their growth and development, gene expression and various metabolic activities. However, these findings are largely derived from short-time exposure of crop plants under laboratory conditions. It remains unclear to what extent plants are affected by artificial RF-EMFs in real ecosystems and what potential consequences this could have for ecosystems. 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. The selected plant species belong to various families and have different functional and morphological traits that might affect a response to the applied RF-EMF.
For most of the considered species responses to RF-EMF were undetectable or weak, and where present restricted to a single trait. Only for one species, Trifolium arvense, were effects observed at different plant development stages and for different plant characteristics. In this species RF-EMF stimulated growth and probably influenced leaf heliotropic movements, as indicated by a larger height, larger leaf area and altered leaf orientation one month after germination. However, over the growing season Trifolium arvense plants exposed to RF-EMF entered the phase of senescence earlier, which was manifested through a reduction of green leaf area and an increase in the area of discolored leaf.
We conclude that the effects of RF-EMF exposure at environmentally relevant levels can be permanent and irreversible in plants growing in the open natural environment, however, these effects are restricted to specific species. This in turn suggests that future studies should examine whether the effects observed here occur also in more common Trifolium species or other legumes that are a keystone component within European grasslands. Our findings also show that Trifolium arvense could be a candidate indicator of man-made RF-EMFs in the environment. …
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France’s radiation watchdog has banned sales of Apple’s (AAPL.O) iPhone 12 after tests that it said showed the smartphone breached European radiation exposure limits.
The Agence Nationale des Frequences (ANFR) said on Tuesday the model’s Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) – a measure of the rate of radiofrequency energy absorbed by the body from a piece of equipment – was higher than legally allowed.
There are now 43 models of cell phones, identified as dangerous to the health of users, which have been either withdrawn from the French market or have seen their Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) updated by software. The latest: the Iphone 12, the Motorola Edge, the Essential Clap 20+ (you have until June 30, 2023 to bring it back to Boulanger), the Xiaomi Poco X3 and the Logicom Le Swipe.
This webinar was hosted by the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields and features some of the world’s leading experts on electromagnetic radiation.
Powerpoint presentation slides and synopses of each speaker’s presentation are available here:
Appeal of the Scientists for Electromagnetic Safety
To the Italian Government, to the Parliament, to the Regions and to the Autonomous Provinces
We – the undersigned biologists, physicists, chemists and doctors – have been conducting research on the effects of electromagnetic fields for decades and we have never used industry funds of telecommunications, proving that we have always worked in the exclusive interest of public health.
The news that the Government is considering the possibility of increasing the attention value by 6 V/m for the living areas where people stay more than 4 hours is the cause for great concern.
Our studies, and more generally international research in the latest twenty years, have largely demonstrated that exposure to radiofrequency, even below the current ICNIRP/WHO safety standards, can cause damage to health and it can reduce the levels of well-being in the general population.
Groups of scientists, such as ICEMS and Bioinitiative Working Group, such as the Council of Europe (Recommendation n° 1815 of 2011) have issued appeals to request the immediate reduction of the safety exposure limits to 0.6 V/m, in order to ensure public health and, in particular, to garantee the safety of the most vulnerable subjects such as children, pregnant women, the chronically ill patients, such as people with cancer and people with Electromagnetic Hyper Sensitivity (EHS)
Radiofrequency has been associated with several health problems including:
cancer (RF was classified by IARC as a “possibly carcinogenic for Man” in 2011, but subsequent studies concluded that radiofrequency falls within the parameters of Class 2A,1 that is to say “probable carcinogen”, and of Class 1 that is to say “certain carcinogen”);
neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s;
male and female infertility;
increased oxidative stress (related to many chronic diseases);
neurobehavioral changes in children born to mothers who used the mobile phone in pregnancy;
immune dysfunction;
alterations of insulin metabolism;
increased cerebral permeability and alterations of cerebral metabolism.
PROPOSED CHANGES TO NEW PLANNING BILL TO REMOVE EVEN MORE PUBLIC RIGHTS TO OPPOSE MONOPOLES/MASTS/ANTENNAS
Lobbying from Telecommunications Industry and IBEC
Licences for Telecommunications Infrastructure on Public Roads (footpaths & green spaces)
Section 254 licences are granted by Local Authorities for street furniture like signposts, hoardings, vending machines, tables and chairs outside cafés. Circa 2019, telecommunications mast/monopoles carrying antennae for 3G/4G/5G and accompanying cabinets were added to this list. A licence costs just €125.
These licence applications do not go through the usual planning process and are usually dealt with by the Roads and Municipal depts in the local authorities. Neither the telecommunications company nor councils are obliged to notify, consult or allow submissions from locals about proposed structures being erected in their localities.
Four councils only provide documents on their planning websites, but only one of those (Dublin City Council) allows public submissions. Other councils do not provide public notification, documentation, site notices or the right to object, and it can be difficult to get information from them. Some councils refuse to provide documentation or withhold documents even after a licence has been granted, the structure about to be installed, or mast and cabinet already in place.
In many cases, the public are unaware of a granted licence for a 4G/5G mast monopole until construction works start and a 15metre, 18metre or 20 metre high structure and cabinet is erected beside their homes, in their locality or beside their schools.
Section 254 licences applications for telecommunications appliances are not subject to Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) to assess their possible effects on the environment.
Currently local authorities have 4 months to process and make a decision on a Section 254 telecommunications Licence. If a decision is not made within 4 months, then the application is considered granted, ie a ‘deemed decision to grant a licence’
Local authorities can refuse an application. Telecom companies can then appeal the decision to An Bord Pleanála, and if the public are aware, they can make an observation on that appeal within 4 weeks (cost to public is €50). Many of these refusals have been overturned by An Bord Pleanála.
Currently any person or group can also appeal the granting of a Section 254 licence and installation of a monopole. (cost to public is €220). Some people have lodged appeals against monopoles already erected and in other cases where they were made aware of proposed installation – and stopped works so far.
Image: Typical telecommunications monopoles being installed under Section 254 Licences. The ‘Compact Modular Tri-Sector Antennas’ are concealed in the top. One monopole can transmit 3G, 4G and 5G signals. They can be extended upwards with more antennas added to the top – ‘With its modular design, you can field-upgrade sectors and stack up to 4 operators on one pole, solving critical installation issues and speeding up 4G/5G deployments.’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpRXd9OH5eQ
DRAFT PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BILL – PROPOSED CHANGES
Section 10 of the draft Planning and Development bill to replace Section 254 and proposes the following in relation to licensing of telecommunications appliances and cables on public road:
Removing the right for members of the public to appeal a decision, so fully removing any public consideration, consultation or opportunity to object. IBEC Telecommunications Industry Ireland recommends ‘the exclusion of appeals made on spurious grounds is recommended; for example, claims regarding 5G that are contrary to accepted public health guidance from agencies such as the World Health Organisation.’
Reducing local authorities’ decision making period from 4 months to 8 weeks, after which if the local authority has not made a decision, the application is deemed granted. No doubt the extra workload of having to process more telecom appliance applications in a shorter will result in the possibility of licences being deemed granted without proper process.
IBEC Telecommunications Industry Ireland also recommends that ‘the Bill should clarify that infrastructure of any size or scale, including those which would ordinarily fall within a standard planning application process, can be presented to the planning authorities for licence consideration via the S.10 process’
To date, only a few TDs and one Senator have raised the issue of Section 254s in the Dáil , with recent debate about the new Bill. A few more Councillors though have been voicing their concerns about this in the last few years.
Every one of our elected representatives should be questioning this whole process which already goes against the Aarhus Convention, and the proposed changes.
The removal of the right of appeal has been branded outrageous by planning solicitor Eoin Brady who said it “represents a blatant attack on democratic rights of public participation in environmental decision-making”. He said the amendment likely came “from lobbying from the telecoms industry”.
DRAFT PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BILL – Section 10 Licensing of appliances and cables, etc., on public roads (Pages 55 – 62)
U.N. INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIODIVERSITY Monday 22nd May 2023
And National Biodiversity Week Ireland 19th to 28th May 2023
Under the Aarhus Convention environmental information is to be proactively shared. On the International Day for Biodiversity and in Ireland’s National Biodiversity Week the following factual scientific information regarding the effects of Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) upon biodiversity is being shared with you.
Important report published on EMF and biodiversity (2009)
Bees, Birds and Mankind, Destroying Nature by ‘Electrosmog’ by biologist Ulrich Warnke with advisory Board of 5 Professors and two Doctors who all work in the field.
Environmental Health Trust
Electromagnetic fields from powerlines, cell phones, cell towers and wireless impacts the birds, bees, wildlife and our environment. Below is just a small example of the critical research that has been done on this issue.
The following three-part wildlife study was submitted as part of the key evidence in a recent filing against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) USA (Ireland’s equivalent of ComReg). The case was won by the Environmental Health Trust and the Children’s Health Defence in August 2021. Result: the FCC was mandated to re-examine its wireless radiation safety limits/guidelines.
Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D, University of California, Berkeley, has been circulating abstracts of newly-published scientific papers on radio frequency and other non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF) monthly since 2016. The complete collection contains more than 1,900 abstracts and links to more than 2,000 papers. Several hundred EMF scientists around the world receive these updates.
Are some people more sensitive to electromagnetic fields than others?
Is electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) real and, if so, where’s the evidence?
On 13 April some of the world’s leading experts, including scientists, MPs and lawyers, came together to share their knowledge about electromagnetic hypersensitivity. The workshop, entitled ‘Electromagnetic-Hyper-Sensitivity: The State of Science’, was hosted by the European Parliament and held in a wifi-free environment so sufferers could attend.
What is electromagnetic hypersensitivity?
It’s the experience of symptoms or illness when exposed to man-made electromagnetic fields. It affects men, women and children, and some sufferers have experienced such hardship that they’ve taken their own lives.
The meeting began with a welcome to attendees by Parliamentary MP Michèle Rivasi who assured them that ‘the medical and scientific community at the international level is united in the momentum to secure the recognition of electrohypersensitivity.’
Here is a snapshot of talks by some of the experts and links to the video and transcript can be found below….
Source Article: IEEE Microwave Magazine – June 2023
Dr. James C. Lin is a former member of the two organizations that created the RF exposure limits – the International Commission on Non-ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). He is a renowned scientist who has studied the effects of radio frequency (RF) radiation. This article criticises the adequacy of these “safety” limits to protect public health.
Electromagnetic Sense Ireland 