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| JOHN |
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Cell Tower Blamed In Animal Deaths
Charles Mandel Source: CANWEST NEWS SERVICE July 8, 2007 Farmer suspects
cell relay tower in the deaths of her animals.
The Province Newspaper, 2007 06 28, Page A26
TESTS: Government steps in to try to find toll's cause
BY CHARLES MANDEL
CANWEST NEWS SERVICE
Rabbits, goats, even a horse are among the roughly 100 animals to
mysteriously die at a Nova Scotia farm in the past five years.
And with the recent deaths of a number of wild birds at the farm, the
provincial natural resources department has stepped in and sent one of the
animal carcasses to the Atlantic Veterinary College for testing.
But after years of questions, Paula White believes she knows the cause: a
cellphone relay tower erected beside the farm. A tenant on the farm for the
past two years, White said the farm's owner purchased the property about a
year before the tower went up. Before the tower, the farm's owner never
experienced problems.
"When that tower went up, he ended up losing his animals little by little,"
the Annapolis County woman said yesterday.
White outlined a litany of deaths on the farm. She described a dog
staggering around and then keeling over and spoke of a goat suddenly dying
from a seizure. Four years ago, a horse fell over on its side, never to
recover.
How many animals have died? "You couldn't count them," White said. Over the
winter, she filled a large truck box with the bodies of rabbits and birds.
It's the latter that's attracted the attention of the province's natural
resource department. Upon hearing of robins, finches and other songbirds
dying at the property, department officials requested that the farm owner
send an animal for testing to the Atlantic Veterinary College in
Charlottetown.
College vets will conduct tests on a guinea pig that died at the farm, but
it could be weeks before they have answers.
Julie Towers, director of the Nova Scotia department's wildlife division,
said they're not certain what they'll find. "There are just too many
open-ended possibilities. I have a lot of questions."
Some of those questions include just how many animals have died, what
symptoms they've displayed and whether all the deaths are linked. "It's
rather surprising that there would be anything that would be hitting
different species like this," Towers said.
One thing Marc Choma is certain isn't responsible for the problem is a cell
tower. The spokesman with the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications
Association maintained that scientists worldwide - including from the World
Health Organization - have found no health effects from cell towers.
White doesn't understand what else might be the source of the problem. The
former SPCA worker says the animals are well fed and watered and don't
suffer from poor living conditions. "I've got cages in here that you could
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| george conklin |
| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:15 am |
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"JOHN" <john@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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Quote: Cell Tower Blamed In Animal Deaths
Charles Mandel Source: CANWEST NEWS SERVICE July 8, 2007 Farmer suspects
cell relay tower in the deaths of her animals.
No, I think it was space aliens. Those cell towers put out 100 watts. If
his animals were near a UHF transmitter at 3 million watts or so, then there
would be something to talk about. |
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| Bryan Heit |
| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:23 am |
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JOHN wrote:
Quote: Cell Tower Blamed In Animal Deaths
Charles Mandel Source: CANWEST NEWS SERVICE July 8, 2007 Farmer suspects
cell relay tower in the deaths of her animals.
The Province Newspaper, 2007 06 28, Page A26
TESTS: Government steps in to try to find toll's cause
BY CHARLES MANDEL
CANWEST NEWS SERVICE
Rabbits, goats, even a horse are among the roughly 100 animals to
mysteriously die at a Nova Scotia farm in the past five years.
And with the recent deaths of a number of wild birds at the farm, the
provincial natural resources department has stepped in and sent one of the
animal carcasses to the Atlantic Veterinary College for testing.
But after years of questions, Paula White believes she knows the cause: a
cellphone relay tower erected beside the farm. A tenant on the farm for the
past two years, White said the farm's owner purchased the property about a
year before the tower went up. Before the tower, the farm's owner never
experienced problems.
So let me get this straight - someone buys a farm. Animals die soon
after he/she buys the property, about the time a cell tower went in. So
it *must* be the tower. How about incompetent animal handling?
Contaminated soil/water? Low-quality, or contaminated feed? All of
those could cause exactly whats been seen here, and unfortunately, are
also known issues with some farmers. And all of these take time to
cause animal deaths; often about 1 year...
Quote: "When that tower went up, he ended up losing his animals little by little,"
the Annapolis County woman said yesterday.
Which, a mere year after he bought the farm, would be consistent with
deaths from poor animal maintenance practice - starvation, high rates of
disease, low-quality or contaminated feed, contaminated water, etc.
Quote: White outlined a litany of deaths on the farm. She described a dog
staggering around and then keeling over and spoke of a goat suddenly dying
from a seizure.
Both consistent with starvation, chemical toxicity, as well as some
infectious agents...
Quote: Four years ago, a horse fell over on its side, never to
recover.
Strangely enough, when animals die they tend to fall over and not get up...
Quote: One thing Marc Choma is certain isn't responsible for the problem is a cell
tower. The spokesman with the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications
Association maintained that scientists worldwide - including from the World
Health Organization - have found no health effects from cell towers.
But of course, the voice of farm hand will be taken over the advice of
the people who spent millions of dollars looking for links between cell
phone towers, phones, electrical lines, and all that jazz, and disease.
Quote: White doesn't understand what else might be the source of the problem. The
former SPCA worker says the animals are well fed and watered and don't
suffer from poor living conditions. "I've got cages in here that you could
live in," she said.
Having lived in some pretty terrible places myself, that's not saying
much...
Bryan |
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| JOHN |
| Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 11:23 am |
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"Bryan Heit" <bjheit@NOSPAMucalgary.ca> wrote in message
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But of course, the voice of farm hand will be taken over the advice of the
people who spent millions of dollars looking for links between cell phone
towers, phones, electrical lines, and all that jazz, and disease.
The facts have been in for decades but ignored
http://www.whale.to/a/electromagnetic_a.html
"CAUTION: STAY CLEAR OF PCS CELL PHONE SITE ANTENNAS The radiation in an
operational system is similar to that of a MICROWAVE OVEN! Avoid the main
lobe when servicing your tower."----Phillips Microtechnology Inc. is a
Consultant & Manufacturer of Custom LNA and Filtering Equipment for Satcom &
Terrestrial Microwave Receive Systems. http://www.tvtower.com/pcsband.html |
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| David Wright |
| Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:40 pm |
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In article <XJOdnVaHOYia_A_bnZ2dnUVZ8vSdnZ2d@bt.com>,
JOHN <john@btinternet.com> wrote:
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"Bryan Heit" <bjheit@NOSPAMucalgary.ca> wrote in message
news:f6tcs8$mgn$1@news.ucalgary.ca...
But of course, the voice of farm hand will be taken over the advice of the
people who spent millions of dollars looking for links between cell phone
towers, phones, electrical lines, and all that jazz, and disease.
The facts have been in for decades but ignored
http://www.whale.to/a/electromagnetic_a.html
"CAUTION: STAY CLEAR OF PCS CELL PHONE SITE ANTENNAS The radiation in an
operational system is similar to that of a MICROWAVE OVEN! Avoid the main
lobe when servicing your tower."----Phillips Microtechnology Inc. is a
Consultant & Manufacturer of Custom LNA and Filtering Equipment for Satcom &
Terrestrial Microwave Receive Systems. http://www.tvtower.com/pcsband.html
Sure, if you stand close enough. Like next to the dome. Which isn't
what was happening on the farm.
-- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net
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| Mark Probert |
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george conklin wrote:
Quote: "JOHN" <john@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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Cell Tower Blamed In Animal Deaths
Charles Mandel Source: CANWEST NEWS SERVICE July 8, 2007 Farmer suspects
cell relay tower in the deaths of her animals.
No, I think it was space aliens. Those cell towers put out 100 watts. If
his animals were near a UHF transmitter at 3 million watts or so, then there
would be something to talk about.
That is how microwave ovens were discovered. |
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