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French 4G Antenna Suspected of Disturbing Cows Will be Shut Down

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

CrypticNerd writes:

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: 2) by JoeMerchant on Friday June 17 2022, @09:29PM (4 children)

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Friday June 17 2022, @09:29PM (#1254080)

    I lived basically under a big set of high tension lines (bedroom was 50' from the support tower) from age 13 through 17... and look how great I turned out!

    They would pop and crackle in certain weather conditions, but otherwise you wouldn't know they were out there.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by maxwell demon on Saturday June 18 2022, @04:44AM (2 children)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Saturday June 18 2022, @04:44AM (#1254154) Journal

    And there are people who were heavy smokers, lived to old age, and never got cancer. Does that mean smoking doesn't cause cancer?

    Now I do not believe that high tension lines have negative health effects, but your argument is bullshit.

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    • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday June 18 2022, @12:46PM (1 child)

      by JoeMerchant (3937) on Saturday June 18 2022, @12:46PM (#1254211)

      >your argument is bullshit.

      Sarcasm detector on the blink again?

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      • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday June 18 2022, @12:55PM

        by maxwell demon (1608) on Saturday June 18 2022, @12:55PM (#1254214) Journal

        If that was intended to be sarcasm, it was insufficiently marked. See also: Poe's law.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 18 2022, @05:27AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 18 2022, @05:27AM (#1254165)

    Are you sure that's a good citation? :-)))