Calling all environmentalists! The most important and thorough peer reviewed article to date on environmental effects of wireless radiofrequency radiation was published in 2021 and deserves a full read. This has been followed by other publications, as well as an eye opening 2023 legal and policy webinar on wireless radiation and wildlife that should be a call to action for all groups interested in biodiversity and planetary health. What do we know about wireless radiation effects on the natural environment? The comprehensive 3 part review by Levitt, Lai and Manville (2021) provides a wealth of scientific information, connecting the scientific dots of radiofrequency radiation (RFR) harm to all flora and fauna. In a very readable text the authors answer many puzzling questions about this complex subject that combines biology, ecology, technology and physics. A shorter summary article was published in 20222 titled, Low-level EMF effects on wildlife and plants: What research tells us about an ecosystem approach. The authors warn, “It is time to recognize ambient EMF as a novel form of pollution and develop rules at regulatory agencies that designate air as ‘habitat’ so EMF can be regulated like other pollutants.” Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has weighed in as well with comments in 2017 and 2022 on the rewriting of policies on cell tower placement in public land and National parks. Radiofrequency (RF) radiation-related tree damage has also been observed around mobile base stations in Germany where the RF emissions were measured around healthy versus ill trees, examining if the trees were in the line of sight vs not in the line of sight. Cornelia Waldmann-Selsam has put this information with photos collected between 2005-2021 in a publication here.
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