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There is no dispute about quasar redshifts, and the Wolf effect has not been used to suggest that ""quasars might not be at cosmological distances"" (unless ScienceApologist has a source verifying his statement). What some researchers of the Wolf effect have said is in the last quote of the article:

""we note the possibility that correlation-induced spectral shifts may contribute to the shifts observed in the spectra of some astronomical objects such as quasars""

James also writes:
"".. our results do demonstrate the plausibility of the existence of extra-galactic objects with discordant redshifts due to well established physical phenomena.

""It should be emphasized that our theory is based entirely on established principles of optics: no hypothetical new physics was introduced. Furthermore, certain aspects of the underlying phenomenon, the Wolf effect, have been tested extensively in the laboratory.""  "