[permaculture] bee colony collapse disorder

SArjuna at aol.com SArjuna at aol.com
Thu Aug 2 22:22:08 EDT 2007


     Matthew said:
There are also alternative views and opinions, as there should be in any
worthwhile debate, and some dubious information and reporting -- blaming
it all on cell phones being one example.

     Dr. George Carlo has written the following:

     •      The colony collapse disorder has occurred concurrently on four 
continents within a very short time frame.  If the reason was biological or 
chemical, there would be a pattern of epidemic spread....we would be able to trace 
the spread  of bee disappearance or Colony Collapse Disorder from a source 
similar to the spread of SARS a few years ago.  That is not the case.  The 
condition has hit each continent at roughly the same time.  That would mean the 
cause has to have hit the continents at the same time as well.  Mobile phones 
meet that criterion.
     •      None of the biological or chemical hypotheses actually have a 
mechanistic explanation that is plausible.  The science for the biological and 
chemical alternatives is far thinner than the science supporting the EMR 
connection.  A case of the pot calling the kettle black.
     •      The disruption of intercellular communication hypothesis that we 
now know effects cell membranes in most species is biologically 
plausible...and no other theory has that support.
     •      The basis for a biological mechanism, coupled with the saturation 
in information carrying radio waves we have globally in the past 14 months, 
provides the underpinning.  In 2004, we had the first billion cell phone users 
globally, the accumulation over 20 years; by mid 2006, we had the second 
billion; today we have surpassed three billion. That suggests we are near a 
saturation point of these waves in the ambient environment.  The bees are likely the 
harbinger or the proverbial 'canaries in the coal mine'.
     •      Taken together, EMR is the only explanation that makes sense 
regarding the disappearing bees:  the timing is correct -- the problem has 
occurred primarily within the past two years....when we have nearly tripled the 
background level of information carrying radio waves;  the pattern is global so 
that suggests a cause that is globally present;  there is at least 
one peer-reviewed study that supports it, and there is a mechanism documented that lends 
biological plausibility. 


 In our view, this is a serious 'red flag' of risk that should be heeded.  
This is yet another example of mobile phone industry orchestration aimed at 
distracting the public from data that can save lives. 


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Dr. George L. Carlo
Science and Public Policy Institute
1101 Pennsylvania Ave. NW -- 7th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20004
www.sppionline.org

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