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posted by janrinok on Friday June 17 2022, @03:08PM   Printer-friendly
from the milking-it-for-the-compensation dept.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2022/06/08/4g-antenna-suspected-of-disturbing-herd-of-cows-in-haute-loire-to-be-shut-down_5986020_114.html

[...] "I can see from my tractor that they are all skin and bones. It's enough to make you cry." On the other side of the small road that winds along his property, a short distance from the town of Mazeyrat-d'Allier, in the Haute-Loire department, Frédéric Salgues can spot what he considers to be the cause of his cows' problems, less than 300 meters away: a cell phone tower commissioned by Orange on June 28, 2021.

[...] On May 23, the administrative court of Clermont-Ferrand ordered the 4G antenna's cessation of operation for a period of two months.

This measure, unprecedented in France, should become effective within three months. The objective is to carry out an expert assessment in order to "establish a potential causal link between the behavior of the cattle and this antenna." The administrative court highlights "a significant drop in the quality and quantity of milk produced, a serious disruption in the behavior of the herd and its voluntary denutrition and abnormally high deaths.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Immerman on Friday June 17 2022, @06:46PM (1 child)

    by Immerman (3985) on Friday June 17 2022, @06:46PM (#1254054)

    Or throw in some new cows as soon as they turn it off. If the new cows develop similar problems, it has nothing to do with 4G.

    If the new cows develop problems after turning the 4G back on *maybe* it has something to do with 4G, and it's worth further investigation (though more likely it's something unrelated that takes a while to become obvious)

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  • (Score: 2) by driverless on Sunday June 19 2022, @06:04AM

    by driverless (4770) on Sunday June 19 2022, @06:04AM (#1254348)

    Maybe they need to use recently-calibrated reference cows, or placebo cows which are actually sheep, and dummy towers which may or may not transmit 4G signals to the reference and placebo cows.