By Atty. Egay Uy
ACCORDING to everybody’s friend Google in a January 2020 article, “Radiofrequency waves destroy the earth’s magnetic field which the birds utilize for their navigation. While short-time exposure to electromagnetic fields causes them to disorient and fly in different directions, millions of birds die every year due to the harmful radiation from cell towers.”
That is exactly what I expect of the faunae in our supposed peaceful and quiet neighborhood whose serene surroundings will be disturbed by the presence of a telecommunications tower that will very soon stand high and arrogantly mighty close to our homes of many years past the lifetime of many of us in our compound.
According to the same source, birds are known to be sensitive to magnetic radiation. In a July 2020 article, the “increasing number of cell phone towers in cities apparently are bringing down bird population. The microwaves (from MHz to GHz) emitted by cell phone towers and handsets have been found to be responsible for damaging eggs and embryos of” birds.
If the radiofrequency emitted by cell towers are harmful to animals like birds, isn't it also harmful to other kinds of animals nearby, the insects and other animals that contribute to the balance of the flora and fauna, humans included?
Unsure government agencies are one in saying there is no evidence that supports a conclusion that radiofrequency or simply radiation emitted by cell towers is harmful to humans. But the reverse is also true. There is no conclusive evidence that long exposure to radiofrequency is not harmful.
Maybe, just maybe, these government offices take the view that supports one objective ― confiscation of the right to enjoy one’s ownership of private property without due process of law, one which this government is very capable of doing. I need not say more.
As the birds will continue to fly away, which species will go next, domesticated fowl, cats, dogs, and eventually humans including and led by the lot owner?
Birds do fly, that’s a given. They fly because they were created that way ― move about using their wings, not their claws, most of the time. But if they fly away for good, that story is worth pondering upon.
