The following came across my email desk this AM and I thought it
might be of interest to some of the group.
I have no opinion on this since I am not up to date on the
publications but some of you may find it of note.
Bernie Krause
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> Alfonso Balmori Mart=EDnez <>
>
> The Independent
> Independent House
> 191 Marsh Wall, London E 149 RS
>
>
> Valladolid, 6th May 2002
>
>
> Dear Sir:
>
> My name is Alfonso Balmori and I am a biologist and ornithologist from
> Valladolid (Spain).
>
> I am writing to you in order to send you my hypothesis about the decline
> of
> a couple of birds species, House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) and
> Starling
> (Sturnus vulgaris), in lots of British cities.
>
> The hypothesis has its origin in my tracking of birds in a park in
> Valladolid (Spain) from 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2002. Even though this
> study is
> not finished yet, it seems the preliminary results led to the decline
> of
> several species as has happened in England.
> With the hypothesis I will present in the following, which has not been
> published, I pretend to opt for the prize that you have proposed, even
> in
> the non-scientific side: "will be considered for inclusion if the
> particular
> observation or theory proves to be the
> starting point for the final scientific explanation" (Michel McCarthy
> 16/5/2000 The Independent).
>
> I have sent this letter by ordinary mail, could you please confirm its
> receipt and its acceptance for the context of your journal.
>
> Now I will provide the evidence to support my hypothesis.
>
> With best wishes.
>
>
>
> Alfonso Balmori Mart=EDnez
> C/ Navarra, 1 5=BAB
> 47007 Valladolid
> Spain
>
>
>
> Evidence of a conection between Sparrow decline and the introduction of
> Phone mast GSM (Global system for mobile communication)
>
> Alfonso Balmori Mart=EDnez
>
> =93Disappearance of the Sparrow and the introduction of phone mast GSM
> correlate closely in terms of time=94.
>
> Evidence:
>
> Since the second half of the nineties Base Stations for mobile
> telecommunication have been spreading across the urban centres. These
> base
> stations have increased the electromagnetic contamination =93electrosmog=
=94
> in
> the urban centres. The fundamental reason is that these devices produce
> 900
> and 1800 MHz pulsated waves that interfere in the nervous system of
> living
> beings. There exist many scientific studies that warn about the danger
> for
> health in human and living beings of this kind of electromagnetic
> radiation
> electromagn=E9tica (MRW: microwave radiation) (look for example G.J.
> Hyland:
> =93Physics and biology of mobile telephony=94: The Lancet, vol 356: 1-8.
> 25/11/2000).
>
> The circumstantial evidence of a connection between Sparrow decline
> and
> the introduction of Telecommunication Mast and Base Stations is strong.
> As
> the disappearance of the house Sparrow from the large cities correlates
> with
> the introduction of phone masts, the possibility that such cell masts
> (towers) are involved surely requires immediate investigation.
> The high frequency RF fields produced a response in many types of
> neurons
> in the avian Central Nervous System.
> Besides, some studies warn about the effects of these radiations on
> reproduction: Decreases in sperm counts and smaller tube development in
> rat
> testes (Dasdag et al., 1999) and increases in embryonic mortality of
> chickens, (Youbicier-Simo, et al., 1998).
> Why have British Sparrow populations indeed collapsed in big cities
> but
> not in small towns?: The number of Telecommunication Masts in big cities
> and
> the use of mobile phones, in general, is much greater than in small
> towns.
> Big cities usually have more electromagnetic contamination, but this
> differs
> between areas (vicinity of Masts) and because of this the decline of
> these
> birds does not happen to the same degree in different parks or
> neighbourhoods or different cities. Small towns usually have the
> telecommunication masts located away from the urban centre because this
> is
> sufficient to maintain the coverage. Because of this birds are less
> affected
> in small towns and villages.
> Telecommunication Masts usually are installed in high places in order
> to
> achieve more coverage for the signal. For this reason there is lower
> density
> power in lower places. These waves impact to the species in different
> ways
> depending on the breeding height, the height of singing, feeding, nest
> location, kind of nest etc. This is the reason for the decline of
> species
> that frequent roofs, aerials, phone wires or those with higher breeding
> height such us House Sparrows (Passer domesticus), Starlings (Sturnus
> vulgaris) Magpies (Pica pica), but not those that live near the ground
> and
> vegetation like Blackbirds (Turdus merula), Robins (Erithacus
> rubecula),
> Wrens (Troglodytes troglodytes), or those that breed in cavities where
> they
> are more protected like the Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus), Great Tit
> (Parus
> major), Coal Tit (Parus ater). Apart from that, it is likely that each
> specie will show different susceptibility to these radiations.
> In November 1999, in Scotland over one third of all Scottish Local
> Planning Authorities adopted or publicly committed themselves in to
> adopting
> precautionary policies as a direct result, by choosing to keep
> transmitter
> masts away from schools and residential areas.
> Two years later the demise of the House Sparrows appears to have been
> reversed in Scotland (Paul Kelbie 10/11/2001, The Independent).
> It is most likely that the same will happen in Northern Ireland very
> soon
> as there will be Planning controls on mobile phones masts, and the new
> regulations will be stricter than any other region of the U.K. (Marie
> Foy,
> 11/4/2002, Belfast Telegraph). So we might expect an increase in House
> Sparrows and Starlings in Northern Ireland in the next few years.
> The electromagnetic field is the perfect secret agent: you cannot see
> it,
> you cannot smell it, you cannot hear it, you cannot feel it and its
> effects
> are slow but relentless
>
>
> My investigation:
>
> My study was carried out in the park of Campo Grande in the centre of
> Valladolid during 996, 1997 and 1998, when there were just a few
> Telecommunication Masts in Valladolid, and the results have been
> compared
> with those for the current year 2002, when the city has been covered in
> its
> totality. Now there are, at least, 5 Base Stations of three
> telecommunication operators in the vicinity of this park.
> There are several places in Valladolid where birds have disappeared
> with
> levels of radiation between 2 and 10 V/m. In recent years, lots of
> carrier
> pigeons got lost because of the electromagnetic fields coming from the
> Telecommunication Masts and Base Stations.
>
>
> Provisional results
>
> Birds tend to avoid places with high levels of electromagnetic
> contamination. Some =93silence areas=94 clearly exists where there are =
no
> song
> males.
> 11% of the species of breed have disappeared slowly from the park (2
> of
> 17)
> The number of song males of several species have decreased.
>
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> November 27-02..............:
>
> Hans-U. Jakob, 1.12.02; http://www.gigaherz.ch/555/ - excerpt from the
> German text translated by EMF-Omega-News
>
> London: at the Wednesday morning, November 27-02, on Radio BBC was to
> hear that in England the bird experts, bird protection societies and
> ornithologists strikes alarm, because in London within a year a decline
> of the sparrow population around one-quarter were assessed. Something
> that never existed before. The people are shocked and riddles around.
>
> For mobile radio-expert, that is meanwhile generally nothing
> mysterious.
> London belongs to the capitals of Europe with the thickest
> electropollution. Mobile radio-field strength of 4V/m are on public
> places almost everywhere the standard. That is yet far beneath the
> political limit values, however yet much further above the biological
> limit values.
>
> Confessed is that carrier pigeons, owls and tower falcon already in
> 1.4V/m stops with the upbringing of cubs. So one may not be surprised,
> that even the toughest and adaptableest in the bird world, the sparrows
> of London, abandon the brood business at 4V/m.
>
> Just as are propagation damage known in the cattle from high-frequent
> E-fields-strengths of 0.6V/m.
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