Report on Possible Impacts of Communication Towers on Wildlife Including
Birds and Bees
Expert Group studies possible impacts of communication towers on Wildlife
including Birds & Bees
After careful screening that involved deletion of duplicate records and
addition of new
references, the 1080 references initially compiled for the analysis of
literature (which formed the base for our overview) were reduced to 919
references. These final 919 study reports are used here for the present final
analysis.
The studies were broadly classified based on the subject organisms into
four categories-
Birds, Bees, Other Animals (including wildlife) and humans. Based on the
study’s findings regarding the impact of EMFs on the subject, each category
was further subdivided into three groups- Impact, No Impact or Neutral/
Inconclusive, as given in table 3 below. As noted below majority of the
studies reported negative impacts by EMFs.
Table 3. Number of research studies (collected from Open access
Bibliographic
databases) collected and collated based on the study subjects and results
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Page 11 919 TOTAL STUDIES; 593 IMPACT; 130 NO IMPACT; 196 NEUTRAL
Conclusion: The review of existing literature shows that the EMRs are
interfering with the biological systems in more ways than one and there had
already been some warning bells sounded in the case on bees (Warnke 2007;
vanEngelsdorp et al. 2010; Gould 1980; Sharma and Neelima R Kumar 2010) and
birds, which probably heralds the seriousness of this issue and indicates
the vulnerability of other species as well. Despite a few reassuring reports
(Galloni et al. 2005), a vast majority of published literature indicate
deleterious effects of EMFs in various species. The window of frequency range
and exposure time required to make measurable impacts would vary widely
among species.
Microwave and radiofrequency pollution appears to constitute a potential
cause for the decline of animal populations (Balmori 2006; Balmori and
Hallberg 2007; Balmori Martínez 2003; Joris and Dirk 2007; Summers-Smith 2003)
and deterioration of health of plants and humans living near radiation
sources such as phone masts. Studies have indicated the significant non-thermal
long-term impacts of EMFs on species, especially at genetic level which
can lead to various health complications including brain tumours (glioma),
reduction in sperm counts and sperm mobility, congenital deformities,
Psychiatric problems (stress, ‘ringxity’, sleep disorders, memory loss etc.) and
endocrine disruptions
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