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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 7 Jan 2009, p. 9

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The latest “h 3:1“ my f" é?) ' “9" mg)“ “I d'all‘d thull-lll‘ w" n drinking water is not a 100 per cent their environments or products they research in University of Manitoba ( ii h , ."TPTL . ifiover mafia/inset ( N _. Obi) n}? erase. , pharmaceutical grade fluoride: the use could be harmful to the health should be ofiriterest. Dr. Schroth _ ii“ e an}? t; "F ,. OUTS}: ‘ f“ tiring ‘ ”ugh, 5" (m chemical added to the writer is a of themselves or their family. has found many children with early at}? “or lime-l lkintersflmilms. , “L213? senatfions all?) nu?“ r" waste product of the fertili/er Almost all (94 per cent) Ontaria childhood caries had mothers with h 5:3)“ 333m 11188“: I at “WI“ j 7,1"? L: T',L_l_]nl;' industry using phosphor rock which ans say they’d “like to learn more low levels of vitamin [)3 during their A"? th~ e 5321.1, 5” 5m £28th owhmso:t Owl; [g‘g‘figl 8h toiitains arsenic, lead and cadmiâ€" about the presence of toxic chemi» second trimester. when primary “I; ghefllrjiigtelllgfii first”; remceethg sirens 5 he; of inllu- tim. and is rich in uranium. in toxi- cals in their environments and in teeth begin to develop and calcify. en“; ”.‘” most ofth oguter lanets are sittin intfked in s ace ctilogy, toxics are generally sub- the products" that they use. More- the attention needs to be given “Dust and as wille rietrste as far as things orbit andlfna ‘ stances that are bioaccumulative, over. eight in 10 {84 per cent) would to the prenatal diet and good nutri- begin eatin aim 'at £2 oxv en in our u r 51mm here The harmful. marivmade and their effect “use an easyâ€"to-navigate website to tion. This may explain why the solar wind how y ally comgressed Mllpifslon er» prow‘de ade~ is dose related. This applies to the find out more about the toxic chem- problem is worse in the populations t t, t' gas) th hip _, éd el t on g gion‘ ri _ ingredients added to the drinking icals in their environments and in with a lower socioâ€"economic status qpa is?) ec isonc [Tub e 6153115; 3 “if, {6311120 the Ztrrrios- water by fluoridation. the products that they use." Think- We also need to consider the part phng fwd? e'emesfm d licatye mol “Jr of life This is Bone cancer has been shown to ing about how to handle the per- the media plays in promoting p 81355) l ed? nm e e ec es ' be associated with radium in the ceived existence ofthese toxic processed and junk food with (”11mm 23; it m understandin drinking water. bong-term ingestion chemicals, most Ontarians believe advertising aimed directly at kids the E I had figs! give billion mores of these harmful elements should that the Government of Ontario this is a complex problem. how- ars before it either com letel ceases be avoided altogether. should consider this issue to be a ever. adding a toxic waste to our {Sexist as a lanet or becgmes hnin- \ I \H\[ I \l [ id like to bring your readers “priority." with eight in 10 (80 per drinking water can't be the solution. habitable foElife From what l've read \ l ) l \ attention to the findings of an lpsos cent) giving it at least a seven on a the sun will eventually become a red ' ‘ Reid poll conducted on behalfof the priority scale of one to 10. Canadian Mltra Doherty ‘ant and the immense heat will likel .- -~ _ Canadian Cancer Society from Oct. Association of Physicians for the Waterloo an off the oceans and turn the Earthy h % into a barren wasteland â€" if it doesn't w 5 ’ . jilist consume our watery blue planet fl a together. . One persons trash lS another’s treasure “on“... “Wong...” , . It has become quite clear that one man‘s garbage is choice. a lovely shade Of brown. that happens though. the human race .. ( another man‘s tor, perhaps. woman's) treasure. "It's not brown." she said. “It's toffee crunch." TOf~ wtll perish. On that notion. [always 5” w ‘ For the last two months we‘ve been going fee crunch? it sounds good enough to eat. My moth- thought “lawn???“ comedian through a systematic purge of the homestead. dig- er-in-law says it's not brown either. What do | “10W? George Carlin said " best. ‘ MARSH M | ging through the combined collections of some 30 Anyway. back 10 the green leather pig. We bought The planet has been througha lot WARD years together. it years ago at a charity auction for the Poster Boy worse than “i Been through allkinds 7 4 1 That's a lot of stuff. and there is a definite differ- campaign. The girls thought it was cute. ofthings “We ma" us Been through , .W T if” . ence between what i we as valuable So l figured. when it was unearthed earthquakes. volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift. solar . and what my betrothed wants to hold A ' during this latest archeological dig. that flares. sun Sp0t5. magnetic storms. the magnetic reversal ofthe on to. (i am not even sure that I anion l i] l ( I. ( )| someone would have an interest. poles hundredsofthousands ofyears of Pombafdmfii‘ by that list. some days.) ' ‘ But "0 Now that they have their own comets and asteroids and meteors. worldWide floods. tidal The last time we won] through [his l;( )l l l{ k l places. all fifth? ladies have apparently waves. “1011de fires. 6105.10", cosmic rays, recurring ICE 3895 process. which was about eight years developed some level of taste. (Don't ... And we think some plastic bags and some aluminum cans . ago, we came “To“ all kinds oi items fl blame me.) And no one was willing to give are gOing to make a difference. The|planet the planet the ‘ from the kids childhood â€" all of a home to a nicely made. green leather plariet ls" [80198 anywhere. We are. which. I was told, we were holding on » ° pig. (This despite the fact all of them still . The planet ll be here and we ll be long gone. my 33mm” to for their memories, Those things "" have stuffed animals in their homes, but l failed mutation. lust another closed: end biologicalimistake. A" are still there, hm the may)“ We“, V , . have swerved. once again. somewhat off evolutionary culâ€"de-sac. The planet ll shake us offlike a bad keeping them in a multitude ofplastic . .. ‘ topic.) case Of fleas, A surface nursance. . y ‘ bins has changed. Now, we're keeping a”; $0. the pig and l decided to make a We end ofthe Wm“ has‘already begun. according to two . them for the grandchildren. There are , mad trip. 1 loaded him. and about 300 UniverSity ofWashington sctentists. Donald Brownlee and Peter\ not any grandchildren right now, and ’ pounds of other items. into the back of Ward, who coauthored the Mk The 1er and Death Of ”a?” no one has informed me of any plans e my truck and headed off to the Salvation Eat til. {I}??? allude about FTezTOk’ the ”2317th websne to start churning them out. btit we're BRIAN Army thrift 510"? 0" Highland Road in Saatf‘ht l ehaht lmutrgeéism l orig ago. ‘th lo ”mi"? h j ‘ keeping some storybooks and a few BOURKE Kitchener. (Yes. I COUld have held a garage It e “0552; till as ' hjla'? |.f‘"’.’e" e ast glacttr.t ( pieces ofold baby clothing just in sale. but that would have involved storing astwsn e.t e ast ocean,t . ast I e. . . case 7 7 7 all of the stufffor a few weeks and actually The last life may look much like the first life â€" a single And. in one pariii llliir dresser way up there in organizing it. And besides. perhaps someone who a???“ bactenum. survivor 39d descendant “f all that came one of the spare bedrooms. I discovered another really needs something could get some use out of it.) , .‘"“- d'f} authors mm Finally. eien the survivmg microbes 1 stash of brand new. baby items clothes, toys. etc. Anyway. the pig and I make the ”UK I" Highland WI" aged“? out ofexistent e» - h l . .. u . h These have appart-iitli been purchased and put Road. and in the parking lot we ran into two other ‘ Bud TW?“ lstPllmlggz- ”filth“ at Prfi’h‘i “3 h“ will“ aside by Mrs. Pat kriit in preparation for the big day. men. One was carrying 3110“ plastic Christmas Wm} eat m ate 0 0“? WP'Wealr'] .‘“efd if)“: mm lm first???“ She just smiles and giddily prances away when I tree, the other just a couple ofbags ofitems. in?! 0 ‘W 9“: Wham gmng. f M31" a a U 01m P act at a fl U- l bring anything up. However. it seems that man was interested in ous “F“?- ," 5 a “MW thing or people l" “3? "2 what a treas- ‘ Despite that. we have been able to exorcise more showing ahead Oflim‘i lie 35de the other guy if “Sim“ is In space and time. and MIL); appreCIate and protect ‘ than a few garbage demons. including. sadly. our be “M“ have the Christmas "09- (He worked at a l cg enwiinnxgirtdas mUCh 5.5 possil e. h f N , al green leather pig footstool lhis has been hanging school. he said. and this 0"? W?“ better than the one (. ”a"; or; A???“ [17.00 timnf e wrote or 687.0". ‘ around the house for about 13 years. and.oddly they had.) zwmphfil M bk; T“ “3 lulmhlo our own m0]? "Y ls i enough, up until a couple of months ago it actually Sensing an opportunity. I offered him the WW“ 0 en a Fh fuzz? . ' l? soar-net oriaterIyFe "H1“?! com'e to did go with the decor. (At least. in my male mind it pig (h "13“th the COIN" Of the "99 after all. and grips mt ( e re izationt ah; ls prec 9“ l e W ea ls on y ‘ did, It was made ofgreen leather And our couch what says Christmas more than a green leather pig]. ent. may?“ So '°,° .‘"” planets , i was green leather. lherefore it matches.) He agreed. and (“7th Phi went (0 its new home. heAfnd “(Tie the end. If " does possibly come much sooner m , This is as far as my colour theory goes. l am, for h was a perfect day. except ' WOUId have liked to see :. 7m] 0 a disastrous CM ofinterstellar 835 may be only ‘ the most part. a monochromatic marvel ofa man â€" his Wife's face Wheh he came home Whh more than our “mt-m away‘â€" In cosmic terms, thats a mere heart- . . y , - beat. Thankfully, that s 10.0“) non-Iight-years for us humans it s really the only way l can dress myself. lam not he left mm l th . . . . . . ‘ helped by my colour perceptions. like most men. I ' f "lo e meantime. maybe we can all my apprectate livtng m a see only a handful of basic colours â€" black. brown. B Bo rt b:“ f he [05 1 koor FM ahu us place. at a fabulous time. i blue, red and other stuff. rill" u f- a mem f” I -- . . . .'" . l When we first installed new carpet a couple of morning "PM can b? "7”th ”WWW" “l Marital/71mm if; ritualartis't’aalrlld lfimqulmm‘" months ago, I complimented her on the colour bbourkefikmlfin.mm. .mat ts we meat mars Jun (mm mm.

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