Subject: (Lundquist) More on microwave & birds (& plants, etc.) (fwd) Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 004802 -0600 (CST) From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org> To: emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org> -------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 01:53:03 From: marjlundquist@usa.net To: rbeavers@llion.org Subject: More on microwave & birds (& plants, etc.) Here is another reference on microwave bioeffects that I found most interesting: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 238 (Oct. 11, 1974) 171-175. J. A. Tanner & C. Romero-Sierra. "Beneficial and harmful growth induced by the action of nonionizing radiation" Egg production in chickens was increased at some power densities (below 1 mW/sq.cm.) and lowered at others (above 1 mW/sq.cm.) in Leghorns irradiated for a period of 206 days with an anisotropic microwave field (7.06 GHz) at power densities from 1.44 mW/sq.cm. down to 0.00014 mW/sq.cm. [It is very commonly observed that there are two opposite effects of microwave irradiation on some parameter; the power density may determine which way the effect goes. In other words, changing the power density apparently can reverse the direction of the effect.] When chickens are irradiated in pulsed microwave fields at a power density of 50 mW/sq.cm., almost complete paralysis has been observed; the effect upon pigeons and seagulls is "somewhat similar". Feathers apparently are very effective as detectors of microwave radiation. Birds without feathers are insensitive to microwave radiation, to which birds with feathers are very sensitive. Thus it is obvious that this sensitivity is NOT dependent on a thermal mechanism (if it were, the nude bird would be the more sensitive). Feather arrays (such as tail feathers) apparently act as an antenna array (receiving) for microwave radiation (testing done at 10 GHz). In plants, leaf wilting was induced by MW radiation. Demyelination of nerves has been observed following exposure of the nerve to microwave radiation. Perhaps birds are not the only creatures that can suffer paralysis as a result of microwave irradiation; I've just received an e-mail message from a person who mentions paralysis as a human experience (the first such mention I've come across). Or perhaps "paralysis" is a poor choice of words, and "loss of muscle strength" would be more accurate. This effect does not appear to be a direct effect upon the muscle, because often only specific muscles are affected (that is, not all muscles within the irradiated region are affected). All this is consistent with the idea that digital TV signals could make birds fall from the sky, while digital wireless telecom. signals might not. Spring bird songs in urban areas around digital TV transmitters may be mysteriously absent during the spring of 1999! (Does anybody know which TV stations are transmitting digital signals now?) -- Marjorie ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 Archive provided courtesy of WaveGuide, http://www.wave-guide.org Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html