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by Gnarl 942 days ago
Still no mention of the scientific evidence of a ubiquitous driver of insect sterilization and decline: wireless radiation.

Its shown in robust studies that even low-level RF causes oxidative-stress and cell death in insect ovaries. For example, see: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19336934.2016.1...

Excerpt: "Exposure of adult flies to mobile-phone radiation for 30 min has an immediate impact on ROS production in animal's ovary, which seems to cause a global, systemic and non-targeted transcriptional reprogramming of gene expression, 2 h post-exposure, being finally followed by induction of apoptosis 4 h after the end of exposure. Conclusively, this unique type of pulsed radiation, mainly being derived from daily used mobile phones, seems capable of mobilizing critical cytopathic mechanisms, and altering fundamental genetic programs and networks in D. melanogaster."

Also, this recent review paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00489...

Excerpt: "Insects are especially sensitive to electromagnetic radiation. An increasing number of reports indicate that flies and spiders, among other invertebrates, disappear from areas that receive the highest levels of radiation from mobile telephone antennas, and these observations are consistent with numerous laboratory studies showing the negative effects of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) on reproductive success, development and navigation"

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I'm curious to know if 24/7 electromagnetic radiation has an effect on people. I'm sure most of the population falls asleep with their cell phones next to them every night on top of keeping them in our pockets all day.
From the evidence on wireless radiation effects on humans, the same mechanism of biological damage seems to be at play: oxidative-stress. Especially human male sperm cells are affected, being more vulnerable as lacking DNA repair capabilities as other cell types (sperm is a simple transport cell, not evolved for longevity). A number of scientific review papers have identified oxidative-stress from pulse-modulated (information-carrying) radio-frequency radiation as a driver of free-radical formation (ROS), inflammation, cell stress and DNA-damage.

For example, see: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26151230/

Excerpt: "...among 100 currently available peer-reviewed studies dealing with oxidative effects of low-intensity RFR, in general, 93 confirmed that RFR induces oxidative effects in biological systems. A wide pathogenic potential of the induced ROS and their involvement in cell signaling pathways explains a range of biological/health effects of low-intensity RFR, which include both cancer and non-cancer pathologies."

and: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8562392/

Excerpt: "Thus, a complete picture is provided of how human-made EMF exposure may indeed lead to DNA damage and related pathologies, including cancer. Moreover, it is suggested that the non-thermal biological effects attributed to RF EMFs are actually due to their ELF components."