electromagnetic radiation at 300 Hertz

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sdate-at-gte-dot-net>

Folks,
Kinda off topic, however in the interest of those with 300Hz coils...

Steve - Seattle

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 Subject: mussel watch
    Date:Wed, 5 Sep 2001 07:41:43 -0700
    From:Clifford, Wayne" <Wayne.Clifford-at-doh.wa.gov>
Reply-To:shellfish-at-u.washington.edu
      
here's an interesting tidbit from academia . . .

Super low-frequency radio waves might prove the undoing of the imported
zebra mussels that have taken North American waterways by storm. Since 
the 1980s, the mussels have proliferated with such wild abandon that
they outcompete native mollusks for food, clog factory intakes and 
damage boat motors.

Now chemist Matthew Ryan of Purdue University in Indiana has reported
finding a weakness in these seemingly invincible hordes. The stress of
several hours' exposure to electromagnetic radiation at 300 Hertz made
laboratory zebra mussels slam their shells shut. In a few days, the
mussels started taking calcium from their shells and ejecting it into 
the surrounding water. More than half died within the month.

Ryan believes the mussels could not replenish the calcium because they
were unable to process the unusually large amounts of water they need
to filter every day to fuel their inefficient metabolisms. If the
technique works in the wild, it may prove to be the perfect replacement
for current chlorine bleach treatments; other aquatic animals appear
impervious to the radiation.


bt