RussellMc wrote:
>> Only when the radiation was increased beyond legal levels did the plants
>> incur damage - through heat and thermal effects, van der Graaf added.>>
>>
>>  ** My Dodgy Science Detector went off.
>>    =20
>
>
> Science sounds bearable - the person doing it knows the limitations
> and is trying to convey this to others, but the message is probably
> being lost.
>
>  =20
I meant the Dutch test rather than the  Swiss
> Sample of 10 has a margin of error of about +/- 30% :-) (for normally
> distributed population etc). .
>  =20

there was research here on water "treated" with 27MHz to make stuff grow=20
better.
Original claim spectacular
Later "proper" trials showed no effect at all.

10 plants and one trial isn't of ANY  significance.

Quite normal for large variation between entire trays of plants. you=20
certainly need double blind test and very large samples


> Power above legal limits at 1.5m (I think they said) max range, and
> having thermal stress as observed damage mechanism all say that, so
> far, there is no observed real world  problem. That may not be how it
> gets reported in due course.
>
>
>        Russell
>
>  =20



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