Forwarding pl. --- On Sat, 20/11/10, Mundkur, Taej <[email protected]<Taej.Mundkur%40WETLANDS.ORG>> wrote:
From: Mundkur, Taej <[email protected] <Taej.Mundkur%40WETLANDS.ORG> > Subject: Mobile internet is bad for trees To: [email protected] <nathistory-india%40Princeton.EDU> Date: Saturday, 20 November, 2010, 12:12 AM Dear all, The article copied below may be of interest. With best wishes, Taej Taej Mundkur, Ph.D. Programme Manager - Flyways, Wetlands International Headquarters Visiting address: Horapark 9 (2nd floor), 6717 LZ Ede, THE NETHERLANDS Office Tel: +31 318 660910 (Direct 660940), Cell: +31 614987324 Fax: +31 318 660950 E-mail: [email protected]<taej.mundkur%40wetlands.org> Website: www.wetlands.org Skype: taejmundkur Postal address: Postbox 471, 6700 AL, Wageningen, The Netherlands "Wetlands International works to sustain and restore wetlands, their resources and biodiversity for future generations." Save the environment and print this e-mail only if you really need to. Spaar het milieu en print deze e-mail alleen indien echt nodig. http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2010/11/mobile_internet_is_bad_for_tre.php Mobile internet is bad for trees' Friday 19 November 2010 Electromagnetic radiation from mobile phone masts and wifi internet is having a negative effect on trees, according to various newspapers, quoting research by Wageningen University . The reports say researchers subjected 20 ash trees to emissions from six wifi access points over a three-month period and found that the leaves closest to the source withered and fell off. Sweet corn subjected to the same emissions failed to grow properly. The research was reportedly set up after officials from Alphen aan den Rijn council noticed strange markings and growth patterns on trees in the town, which were not due to a virus or bacterium. Further research showed that the symptoms, which include strange growths, are prevalent all over the western world. Some 70% of trees in Dutch urban areas have the symptoms, compared with just 10% five years ago when Alphen officials noticed them, the papers said. Doubts The TNO institute, linked in some reports to the research, said in a statement it specifically distanced itself from the project. A TNO researcher was involved in several discussions during the project but the organisation 'emphatically distances itself from the conclusions about the relationship between wifi and plant growth', the statement said. There are no details about the research on the Wageningen University website. © DutchNews.nl [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __._,_.___ Reply to sender<[email protected]?subject=re%3a%20fw%3a%20mobile%20internet%20is%20bad%20for%20trees>| Reply to group<[email protected]?subject=re%3a%20fw%3a%20mobile%20internet%20is%20bad%20for%20trees>| Reply via web post<http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/Tamilbirds/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJxdGtpNGd1BF9TAzk3NDkwNDgxBGdycElkAzE4OTE0MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcyMDA4MzY2MwRtc2dJZAMzOTIzBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3JwbHkEc3RpbWUDMTI5MDIzMzE0Nw--?act=reply&messageNum=3923>| Start a new topic<http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/Tamilbirds/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbzA3MHFxBF9TAzk3NDkwNDgxBGdycElkAzE4OTE0MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcyMDA4MzY2MwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyOTAyMzMxNDc-> Messages in this topic<http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/Tamilbirds/message/3923;_ylc=X3oDMTM1NGlscG9tBF9TAzk3NDkwNDgxBGdycElkAzE4OTE0MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcyMDA4MzY2MwRtc2dJZAMzOTIzBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Z0cGMEc3RpbWUDMTI5MDIzMzE0NwR0cGNJZAMzOTIz>( 1) Recent Activity: - New Members<http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/Tamilbirds/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJnbm03Y3QyBF9TAzk3NDkwNDgxBGdycElkAzE4OTE0MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcyMDA4MzY2MwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMjkwMjMzMTQ3?o=6> 3 Visit Your Group<http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/Tamilbirds;_ylc=X3oDMTJmdnE4YmdzBF9TAzk3NDkwNDgxBGdycElkAzE4OTE0MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcyMDA4MzY2MwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEyOTAyMzMxNDc-> [image: Yahoo! Groups]<http://in.groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlM2FyODFsBF9TAzk3NDkwNDgxBGdycElkAzE4OTE0MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcyMDA4MzY2MwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTI5MDIzMzE0Nw--> Switch to: Text-Only<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Traditional>, Daily Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>• Unsubscribe <[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> • Terms of Use <http://in.docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . __,_._,___ -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1420 members & 52,000 messages on 26/10/10 & with a database of around 4200 species on 30/9/10)
