Cellphones are dangerous/not dangerous, bee killing edition

Apparently, we should all feel incredibly guilty for simply using our cellphones, as not only are we encouraging the growth of ear tumors within our bodies, but now we're hearing that radiation flying out from our mobiles are demolishing the world's supply of crops. All jesting aside, a controversial report is now claiming that "radiation from mobile phones are interfering with bees' navigation systems, preventing the famously homeloving (and pollinating) species from finding their way back to their hives." The comically-named Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is reportedly being seen on a much larger scale in the US and Europe, and elusive "evidence" is purportedly backing these dodgy claims up. Backers of the shocking data are even going so far as to suggest that in the future, our refusal to set aside the cellphone could cause "massive food shortages as the world's harvests fail." Man, this sounds worse than Y2K, for sure.

[Via Slashdot]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 15th 2007 4:47PM]

...I HAVE been seeing a lot more dead bees within the past couple of years. This frightens me. :(

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 15th 2007 8:31PM]

Problem, or problem solver? How about everyone in Texas and Southern Cal. turn on those cellphones. We should be able to keep those pesky killer bees south of the border.....err....wait! Is that just corn they destroy or will they kill marijuana plants as well? Hmmmm....there may be some terrible side effects after all. ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 16th 2007 1:01AM]

This bee problem is a serious one. We depend on honeybees to pollinate all crops. Without this pollination by bees we are DOOMED !! We need to put our heads together and figure this one out !!! Einstein once said that four days after the bumblebees die we will all die. We cannot survive without plants being pollinated. Everyone needs to know about this huge problem. Our existance depends on the bees, my friends !!!! Please add your comments regarding this potential disaster. If it is the sonic emissions from cell phones, then we should turn them off permanently!!!!

[unzarjones Posted Apr 16th 2007 2:05AM]

As the product of a burned-out hippie university professor once proclaimed during a television interview, "SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING!"
That someone is not me. I can, however, contribute a catchy slogan. "Beebots for a synthetic future!"

[landoncube Posted Apr 16th 2007 10:03AM]

"The sky is falling!"

I'm with #2 (Dave.) Anyone else watch the killer bee episode in HD on Discovery? The bee-killer dude says that desert cell towers make a favorite home for bees.