And the Children Shall Lead Us

There have been many voices calling out about the dangers of EMFR (electomagnetic frequency radiation) that is emitted from all electronic devices....cell phones, I-Pads, Blackberries, routers, computers, cell phone towers....on and on.  The industries that support these devices have turned a blind eye to the growing evidence of the negative effects they have on us.  In fact, when presented with such evidence, they simply react the same way many people do who don't like what they hear--they ridicule, rationalize and ignore.  Now, however, a group of 9th graders have conducted an experiment that some European scientists have found interesting and valid.

In a school in North Jutland, Denmark, five girls noticed that they were having problems sleeping at night and concentrating in class.  They all slept with their mobile devices on, next to their beds.  They decided to see if these radiation emissions might be affecting them and, if so, would have any affect on plants.  This was an inspired choice because plants do not succumb to the nocebo or placebo effects.  The nocebo effect occurs when a sham stimulus creates a negative outcome vs. the placebo effect causing a positive outcome.  Since the school didn't have the money to underwrite an experiment testing the effects of radiation, the girls decided to use seeds...cress seeds, specifically.

They took 400 cress seeds (aka watercress), divided them into 12 trays and put 6 trays in one room and 6 trays in another containing a router (this emits the same radiation levels as a cell phone).  Both rooms had the same temperature, amount of sunlight and the seeds were watered exactly the same.  The girls watched and recorded the progress for 12 days.  The results were astonishing...the unexposed cress plants were green, luscious and healthy; the exposed plants had either not grown at all or had mutated and died.

The experiment caught the attention of  Professor Johanson from a university in Stockholm.  He was most impressed and is considering recreating the girls' study in a lab with his research colleagues.

So far, I have not heard about this study on any of the news media outlets in this country.  Maybe, it's too trivial a study to be reported.  Maybe, we don't believe that children have a legitimate voice. Maybe, our cell phone industry has a vested interest in not acknowledging the possibilities of this study.  I don't know for certain.  What I do know is that these findings, once understood, are ignored at our peril.

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