Study Finds Wi-Fi Radiation Bad for Trees

November 19th, 2010 by Sarah Silbert, LAPTOP Staff Writer  

A study by TU Delft University, Wageningen University, and other institutions in the Netherlands has found that radiation from Wi-Fi is harmful to trees. The study was commissioned by the city of Alphen aan den Rijn after local officials noticed bleeding and fissures in tree bark which wasn’t attributable to a virus or bacteria. Researchers found that 70 percent of trees in urban areas showed signs of damage, compared to 10 percent five years ago.

How exactly is Wi-Fi hurting trees? In the study, trees placed closest to Wi-Fi radiation exhibited a “lead-like” shine on leaves—in addition to the death of leaves’ lower and upper epidermises.  Wireless radiation was even found to inhibit the growth of corn cobs. Still, it is not clear how particles from automobiles contribute to these symptoms. The researchers are pushing for further study to better understand the relationship between Wi-Fi radiation and abnormalities in trees.

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2 Responses to “Study Finds Wi-Fi Radiation Bad for Trees”

  1. Kevin Says:
    November 20th, 2010 at 12:36 am

    This whole story is mindless press release regurgitation. No link has been proven. http://www.telecompaper.com/news/no-link-proven-between-wifi-trees-dying-antennebureau

  2. deever Says:
    November 24th, 2010 at 10:58 am

    We have lived in the same location for over 20 years. We have been
    until last fall relatively distant in our urban setting from cell
    phone base station antennae (400 & 800m). Last fall at 200m a “low
    power” new 2.1-something gHz transmitter was aimed our way (and the
    general ambient level is of course up as well with more & more
    wireless mania dependencies). A Norway maple previously resplendent
    (at least 15 of those years) suddenly this spring became defoliated by
    half — only on the side facing the mast (photos available). There are
    other aspects of vegetative stress on the property: a giant aggressive
    rosebush for years near that Norway, probably in the same plume of
    radiation descending on our yard, has turned sickly; there have been
    leaf deformities never seen all our years here on grape vine & pear
    tree; one fir tree sheltered mostly from that plume, has newly browned-
    out spots ONLY where the branches poke out around a north wall thus
    directly exposed to this new emitter. Wake up! Synthetic xenobiotic
    radiation like this is a universal bio-/enviro-stressor, and must be
    turned back starting now, lest everything with cells in its body
    eventually succumb in one way or another. All over our city, now
    further densely e-smogged with “smart” utility meters just activated
    this year, we have noticed accelerated tree stress this year, whereas
    In local ravines where radiation tends to be much lower there are few
    or no signs of this defoliation etc. Open your eyes, pay attention to
    your own symptoms and those of people around you, clue in & tell
    everyone you can, so as to effect drastic corrective change as
    speedily as possible. Another current anecdote: black raspberry bush
    part exposed to new “smart” electricity meter radiation (different
    locality, stronger transmission, higher frequency) had exposed cane
    leaves wrinkle and turn yellow and yield inedible-tasting fruit, canes
    sheltered just fine.

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