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Radiation from Mobile may affect the Bees

Article Abstract by: TiagoMarques    

Original Author: Dica
This abstract was translated from Radiação de Telemóveis Pode Influenciar as Abelhas

In The Independent published a warning was made by a group of scientists who drew attention to one of the most mysterious
phenomena of nature: the sudden disappearance of honeybees. According to scientists this disappearance may be due to radiation caused by mobile phones and other electronic equipment that may interfere with the guidance of bees making them unable to return to hives. This problem becomes even more dramatic because it has consequences not only on bees, but also in plants that depend on pollination by them and are thus the risk that they would disappear. Although unconvincing other possible explanations for this situation such as the use of pesticides and global warming. Given is another, perhaps the most credible, that has to do with the anticipation of a natural phenomenon as climate change or the Earth''s magnetic field. Shortly after Christmas came in Florida, the first signs of this phenomenon and, from there, disappeared twenty-five percent of the swarms, the United States.
Published: August 09, 2008
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