The
following is a translation from French of an article which appeared on the site of the Swiss "Agence d'information agricole romande" on 22 February 2012 about a recent study by the
University of Zürich Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Mobile phone technology is also potentially
harmful to animals.
Blindness
at birth in calves could be linked to the presence of mobile phone antennas. This is what the umbrella association
Electrosmog Suisse asserts, based on partial results from a study by the
University of Zürich. Since 2005, the
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine has been looking at "nuclear" cataracts (affecting the lens nucleus) in
newborn calves raised near mobile phone antennas. Among the farms observed, the Association
mentioned a farm in canton Zürich where cases of cataracts increased after
installation of an antenna and disappeared once the antenna was
dismantled. The anti-electrosmog
association calls on the authorities to respond and not “await dissipation of the latest scientific
doubts in order to take preventive measures.”
The Director of the faculty research project, Bernhard Spiess, confirms
the “striking temporal correlation” between installation of the antenna and
appearance of the cases of cataracts.
According to him, it is however impossible to prove for now a link
between cause and effect.