It seems like the plot of a particularly far-fetched horror film. But some scientists suggest that our love of the mobile phone could cause massive food shortages, as the world's harvests fail. Full Story »
Posted by Leo Romero
I was disappointed at how "thin" this story was. I was hoping for much more specific evidence. The big question that wasn't answered -- why now? What's changed in the last year or two that would have caused an abrupt change. And weren't cell phones a lot more prevalent in other countries (e.g., Japan, Europe, UK) before they were in the States? Then why are we seeing this happening here first? Also, a link I found said that the quoted German study was about placing a portable phone base station near (in?) a hive... These use a different frequency than mobile phones.
