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01-03-2011, 12:27 PM
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Usually I am in for environmentalist messages, but this one is really sketchy. Not a lot of samples, unrealistic conditions - further studies required, I would say.
I am not dismissing, that EM waves/radiation can cause harm. Probably they are not benign overall, but I would guess that the effects are long term and do not affect everything the same way. Still, if that study is repeatable, my conclusion would be that one better not works too close to a sender and that even at larger distances than 1/2 meter there could be an effect. Radiation intensity diminishes with r³, but that still leaves a considerable long-term effect at some distance. Of course trees would not die right away, but over years they may grow differently or be more prone to illnesses (as overfertilized plants tend to be probe to wind attacks for example). A comparison would be to use a toxic substance on animals for testing. Usually this is done by a LD50 test, the toxic stuff is given to many animals in increasing dosages until 50% of the animals die (sigh!) that still means that 1/10 or 1/100 of that dosage is harmful, just it is not toxic. Only because it does not kill you right away does not mean it is benign. Still - that one study with what - 20(?) trees - would not be enough for me to scream out "we're all going to die" (yet) 
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