These stories are like Chinese torture; they just keep on coming, dribbling along the airwaves, through cyberspace and into newsprint. I wonder how long it will take though before governments - ANY government! - will take any notice - and actually DO something!

***************
On the basis of these stories I’d say being pregnant in Tasmania is definitely a health hazard. Because the situation is not going to vary that much from the US. So could somebody PLEASE tell the Davids (& Peter G) http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/56069/title/EPA_reviews_hints_of_weed_killers_fetal_risks

http://seattlepostglobe.org/2010/02/04/infuriated-
local-mom-testifies-to-senate-why-cant-i
-protect-my-body-from-chemicals

And anyone who works in a school (as I do) will confirm that ADHD appears to be increasingly prevalent . . . .
http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15474577

***************

And now for something completely different . . . . which could just as easily work here
http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/01/green-jobs-prison-work

**************

And deforestation…

http://www.13point7billion.org/2010/02/forgetting-forest-people.html

Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way. -Martin Luther King Jr., civil-rights leader (1929-1968)