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I discuss several aspects of non-thermal effects of electromagnetic fields while showing results of experiments demonstrating how EMFs influence growth of corn seedlings and growing of cress seeds. Not only EMFs of selected frequencies but also broadband electromagnetic noise affects living organisms Hypersensitivity to EMFs should be a matter of special concern.
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Klonowski, W. (2018). Non-Thermal Effects of Electromagnetic Fields in Biology and Medicine. In: Eskola, H., Väisänen, O., Viik, J., Hyttinen, J. (eds) EMBEC & NBC 2017. EMBEC NBC 2017 2017. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 65. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5122-7_220
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