Hallo,
Roy Beavers hat folgendes gemeldet:
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 Martínez
C/ Navarra, 1 5ºB
47007 Valladolid
Spain
abalmori@delfin.retecal.es
Evidence of a conection between Sparrow decline and the introduction of
Phone mast GSM (Global system for mobile communication)
Alfonso Balmori Martínez
"Disappearance of the Sparrow and the introduction of phone mast GSM
correlate closely in terms of time".
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 "electrosmog" 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
electromagnética (MRW: microwave radiation) (look for example G.J. Hyland:
"Physics and biology of mobile telephony": 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 "silence areas" 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.
Siehe auch der Bericht:
Hans-U. Jakob, 1.12.02;
http://www.gigaherz.ch/555/ -
Dazu gibt es auch noch Berichte ueber Tauben, die nicht mehr den Weg nach Hause finden koennen. Usw.Usw.
Charles Claessens