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Brian
Sep 3, 2009, 12:58:08 PM9/3/09
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Cheers,
If you've ever wondered why so many kids are on ritalin these days, or
why
prostate and breast cancers are on the rise, perhaps you should
consider the
link the medical community has found with plastic food containers.
Read
"Stop At Six" and then please, start by throwing out your sports
bottles
stamped with a "recycle 7" that you - even your sofa soldier friends -
have
been using.
sy
*****
What¹s The BIG Idea?
By Sally Young
Email yo-...@cox.net <mailto:yo-...@cox.net>
IT¹S TIME TO BIG IT UP
Like the White Queen trying to believe a few impossible things before
breakfast, most of us can¹t fathom entering a race that covers a full
zip
code or two. But for people like Cheryl Lager, the word
³ultramarathon²
sets off a waggle dance of pure running glee.
Cheryl was an average, young, middle-aged woman, experiencing average,
young, middle-age spread. She joined an average joe¹s gym so she
could fit
into her average-size clothing. (Sorry!). Soon, treadmill running gave
way
to road races, and short distances grew to full marathons. But for
Cheryl,
marathons simply ended too soon. She had reached the inflection point
in
long distance running where lunacy and genius come together to form a
new
order: Marathon Maniacs, an elite group of insatiable marathoners who
run 50
and 100 mile events as well.
Happiness comes from being irretrievably drawn into a quest that will
not
end. ³The secret of life,² said Henry Moore, British sculptor, ³is to
have
a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring
everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And,
the
most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.²
FLY, FLY AWAY
I was wondering why the deer fly kept getting bigger and bigger, and
then it
hit me < right in the eye. I was running in the middle of a flash mob
of
flying bugs, trying to keep my mouth shut and my speed up, but they
were
landing all over me, morphing my style into that of a frenzied hackey
sacker. I finally smacked one, and pulled my hand back, horrified to
see it
covered with my own blood. That¹s when a fly hit my eye, with another
going
straight into my mouth, mid-³ow². I reached up, smearing red across my
eye
and knocking out my contact lens, reducing myself to blind staggers
and
drooling, like I was fresh off a Haitian white powder binge.
Deer flies thrive in damp, wooded areas or fields during warm weather.
They
begin swarming at dawn for about three hours, and then again around
sunset.
They¹re attracted to forward motion, and can¹t be outrun. A fly will
circle
its victim¹s head and shoulders, delivering a painful cross-shaped cut
that
pools with blood. Insect repellants are ineffective, but attaching a
flypaper-like Deer Fly Patch on your hat will help ease your run.
Google
Tred-Not Deer Fly Patch
STOP AT SIX
³Seven² is the unlucky number on polycarbonate bottles and food
containers.
Not only is it a non-recyclable mix of plastics that goes straight to
the
landfill, it also designates the presence of bisphenol A (BPA), a
biologically active compound with such potent estrogen-like activity
that it
was once considered for use as hormone replacement therapy.
BPA easily migrates into foods and drinks, excreted in the urine of 93
percent of consumers. A 2009 Harvard study showed that students with
typical consumption of cold beverages from polycarbonate sports
bottles had
70 percent more of the chemical in their bodies than when they used
stainless steel bottles.
In 2007, an NIH-funded panel of 38 independent scientists concluded,
³BPA
exposure at current levels presents a clear risk to human health.²
Even in
small, transient doses, BPA causes early puberty, prostate and breast
cancer, behavioral sexual differentiation, fertility problems, and
hyperactivity from early-life exposures. Yet the FDA maintains that
BPA is
safe, based on two studies that were sponsored by the American
Plastics
Council. They must have had a lot of Kool Aid over there.
In June 2009, the FDA was mandated to reconsider the safety levels and
take
action by December 31.
******
sy
If you've ever wondered why so many kids are on ritalin these days, or
why
prostate and breast cancers are on the rise, perhaps you should
consider the
link the medical community has found with plastic food containers.
Read
"Stop At Six" and then please, start by throwing out your sports
bottles
stamped with a "recycle 7" that you - even your sofa soldier friends -
have
been using.
sy
*****
What¹s The BIG Idea?
By Sally Young
Email yo-...@cox.net <mailto:yo-...@cox.net>
IT¹S TIME TO BIG IT UP
Like the White Queen trying to believe a few impossible things before
breakfast, most of us can¹t fathom entering a race that covers a full
zip
code or two. But for people like Cheryl Lager, the word
³ultramarathon²
sets off a waggle dance of pure running glee.
Cheryl was an average, young, middle-aged woman, experiencing average,
young, middle-age spread. She joined an average joe¹s gym so she
could fit
into her average-size clothing. (Sorry!). Soon, treadmill running gave
way
to road races, and short distances grew to full marathons. But for
Cheryl,
marathons simply ended too soon. She had reached the inflection point
in
long distance running where lunacy and genius come together to form a
new
order: Marathon Maniacs, an elite group of insatiable marathoners who
run 50
and 100 mile events as well.
Happiness comes from being irretrievably drawn into a quest that will
not
end. ³The secret of life,² said Henry Moore, British sculptor, ³is to
have
a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring
everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And,
the
most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.²
FLY, FLY AWAY
I was wondering why the deer fly kept getting bigger and bigger, and
then it
hit me < right in the eye. I was running in the middle of a flash mob
of
flying bugs, trying to keep my mouth shut and my speed up, but they
were
landing all over me, morphing my style into that of a frenzied hackey
sacker. I finally smacked one, and pulled my hand back, horrified to
see it
covered with my own blood. That¹s when a fly hit my eye, with another
going
straight into my mouth, mid-³ow². I reached up, smearing red across my
eye
and knocking out my contact lens, reducing myself to blind staggers
and
drooling, like I was fresh off a Haitian white powder binge.
Deer flies thrive in damp, wooded areas or fields during warm weather.
They
begin swarming at dawn for about three hours, and then again around
sunset.
They¹re attracted to forward motion, and can¹t be outrun. A fly will
circle
its victim¹s head and shoulders, delivering a painful cross-shaped cut
that
pools with blood. Insect repellants are ineffective, but attaching a
flypaper-like Deer Fly Patch on your hat will help ease your run.
Tred-Not Deer Fly Patch
STOP AT SIX
³Seven² is the unlucky number on polycarbonate bottles and food
containers.
Not only is it a non-recyclable mix of plastics that goes straight to
the
landfill, it also designates the presence of bisphenol A (BPA), a
biologically active compound with such potent estrogen-like activity
that it
was once considered for use as hormone replacement therapy.
BPA easily migrates into foods and drinks, excreted in the urine of 93
percent of consumers. A 2009 Harvard study showed that students with
typical consumption of cold beverages from polycarbonate sports
bottles had
70 percent more of the chemical in their bodies than when they used
stainless steel bottles.
In 2007, an NIH-funded panel of 38 independent scientists concluded,
³BPA
exposure at current levels presents a clear risk to human health.²
Even in
small, transient doses, BPA causes early puberty, prostate and breast
cancer, behavioral sexual differentiation, fertility problems, and
hyperactivity from early-life exposures. Yet the FDA maintains that
BPA is
safe, based on two studies that were sponsored by the American
Plastics
Council. They must have had a lot of Kool Aid over there.
In June 2009, the FDA was mandated to reconsider the safety levels and
take
action by December 31.
******
sy
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