Re:Scientists warn of potential serious health effects of 5G...
by montenegrohugo on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @09:21AM
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Huh. This does sound bad and honestly quite scary. Is there any theorizing made on how these plants get affected by radar? What exactly is the biological mechanism at play here?
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Re:Scientists warn of potential serious health effects of 5G...
by ddebernardy on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @12:54PM
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This article from a separate comment lists a few candidate mechanisms, plus another few preoccupying effects for millimeter wavelengths:
https://twin.sci-hub.tw/6759/4e3bc086c40841aacf40b068776dc0f...
> 3.3.1. Oxidation mechanism of cellular harm
> A well-studied potential mechanism of harm from radiofrequency radiation is one of cellular oxidation. Healthy biological systems require a balance of oxidation and antioxidation to fight infection and prevent disease (44, 45, 46). A review of the literature by Yakymenko et al. (2016) confirmed that in 93 of 100 studies, non-ionizing radio- frequency radiation caused a cellular stress response with excessive reactive oxygen species. He concluded, “oxidative stress induced by RFR exposure should be recognized as one of the primary mechanisms of the biological activity of this kind of radiation.”