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Old 02-14-11, 06:33 AM   #11
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I agree that overpopulation is a problem, but it does not excuse anyone from not wasting water. There are parts of the world where catching rainwater from your own roof is illegal, but nicely watered lawns in front of office buildings aren't. Nor are low-flow aerating faucets or ultralow-flush toilets mandatory.

Africa is often used to show contrasts because many parts of it are among the worst places in the world: Not only are there more people than can be sustained, but even when water is found, more and more often it is poisoned by foreign mining corporations (which don't care whether they tear up desert or valuable farmland to get what they want).

And the rest of world, instead of trying to help by educating about the effects of overpopulation, keeps sending medical and food missions that keep more people alive, healthy, and fit for reproduction. The only "help" with population control that gets sent to Africa are machine guns and land mines, and that is sent to all sides of each conflict, with quite a profit.
Sorry for going off topic.

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Old 02-14-11, 04:15 PM   #12
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And the rest of world, instead of trying to help by educating about the effects of overpopulation, keeps sending medical and food missions that keep more people alive, healthy, and fit for reproduction.
I think it was Sam Kinison who said that the best thing we could send there are buses to get them away from such miserable areas.
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I'm not sure if you are familiar with The Story of Stuff, but here is a new part to the series:
The Story of Bottled Water
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Old 02-21-11, 01:35 PM   #14
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Nice post there Piwoslaw, I love that site and thanks for the reference to that story.
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Here's a head scratcher:

Maine Gov Says BPA No Concern, Just Gives Women "Little Beards" : TreeHugger
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Old 08-30-11, 06:43 AM   #16
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Thanks very much with this wonderful blog;this is the type of thing that keeps me going through the day.
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According to this article:BPA and heart attacks | What Plastic Chemicals Are Doing To Your Heart | Rodale News, scientists exposed heart tissue to BPA, a plastic chemical that acts like the hormone estrogen in the body. They found that really low doses of BPA could change the way hearts contract and release calcium and, in doing so, interfere with the heart's normal functioning.

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