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ADD, ADHD and Autism Causation: Could it be Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Pesticides

I feel that it is time for the pediatric researchers of ADD/ADHD and Autism to investigate the chlorinated hydrocarbons.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I believe the above title has driven many physicians and psychologists to end up with a similar problem.

ADD is classified in The Merck Manual as a developmental disorder but Autism is classified as a psychiatric disorder. I’m not going to get caught up in the semantics of this and it may be simplistic of me to lump them together but I’m doing it anyhow, you’ll find out why later.

Advisory Panel Poised To Back EPA`s Landmark Cancer Finding On TCE

Salem-News.com has been reporting the massive TCE contamination of MCAS El Toro and Camp Lejeune for three years.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - A panel of experts reviewing EPA's draft risk assessment of the solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) appears to be poised to back the agency's proposed listing of the ubiquitous groundwater contaminant as a human carcinogen.

Who Murdered UK Weapons Inspector Dr David Kelly?

We need public access to Dr Kelly’s post mortem report and the documentation relating to his death. The Blair-Brown government’s delaying tactics will not do.

(LONDON) - Christopher King examines the death of UK weapons inspector Dr David Kelly in 2003 and argues that, in the light of fresh analyses of the circumstances of his death

It is vital that the new British government make public Dr Kelly’s post mortem report and other documentation relating to his death.

Darwinism As A Campaign Issue

How are we going to keep up with the rest of the world in innovation and scientific discovery when adherents of pseudo-science wield so much influence in our society?

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Darwinism versus creationism became a campaign issue in the Alabama GOP nomination for governor.

A conservative political action committee (PAC) called “True Republican” put out a television ad denouncing Bradley Byrne, who is seeking the GOP nomination for Governor, for saying that he believes in evolution and that the bible is “only partially true.”

Climategate Controversy Update

Global warming should be a non-partisan issue.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Last November, 1,000 stolen e-mails from one of the world’s leading climate research centers in Britain seemed to challenge the scientific consensus that global warming is happening and that it is induced by human activity.

The e-mails appeared to show researchers scolding skeptics of global warming, discussing ways to hide their data, and discussing ways to keep skeptics' research out of peer-reviewed publications.

Life: The Project (1)

First part of a continuing series.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - "Life is your project; there is nothing to tell you what it's all about, which of course leaves you feeling existential anxiety and dread,” says Jungian analyst James Hillman in his best-selling book The Soul’s Code:

“It's all up to you, each individual alone, since there is no cosmic guarantee that anything makes sense. There is neither God nor Godot to wait for. You make a life out of the deepest feelings of meaninglessness."

Cape Wind/How the Grassroots Won -`In the Trenches` Comment on Salazar Decision

Clean Power Now and Civil Society Institute Laud Role of “People Power” in Overcoming $20 Million Lobbying Campaign, and Federal Inertia; End Called For on New Stalling Tactics by Opponents.

(HYANNIS, Ma.) - U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's decision to allow the Cape Wind project to move ahead means more Massachusetts jobs.

It is viewed as a real demonstration of what can happen when concerned citizens are mobilized through effective grassroots organization.

Russia Says Genetically Modified Foods are Harmful

The scientists who carried out the experiment say that it’s too early to make far-reaching conclusions.

(MOSCOW VOR) - Russia has started the annual Days of Defence against Environmental Hazards from the 15 April through 5 June with the announcement of sensational results of an independent work of research.

Scientists have proven that Genetically Modified Organisms are harmful for mammals.

ORS 317.057: The Foreign Bank Tax Exemption and Measures 66 and 67

Since when does a democratic government serve its people by threats and coercion?

(EUGENE, Ore.) - “an out-of-state bank, extranational institution or foreign association described in ORS 713.300, that engages in activities authorized under ORS 713.300, is not subject to any tax, license fee or charge for the privilege of doing business in this state”

The debate over Measures 66 & 67 has valid points on all sides.

PETN and Other Similar Explosives: They are also Heart Medicines

In his life Dr. Leveque has served as a WWII Combat Infantryman, Physician, Pharmacologist and Forensic Toxicologist.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Nitroglycerine was discovered about 1860 containing all parts in one molecule and you readers must humor me and go along with this story.

Nitroglycerine (TNG) is also a heart medicine for angina or heart attacks. How come is very interesting. It is rather easily made if one is a chemist but the first chemist who did (1860) was very surprised when he dropped a flask of it and it exploded. WOW!