After several years and substantial revenue directed towards the promotion of three costly pedestrian/cycling plans in 2003, 2009 and 2010 and not a single reference to area topography, Manningham council had belatedly responded to resident concerns by agreeing to employ a consultant to determine if the gradients, particularly the south and western precincts, were within […]
Category: Public Health
VIRUS THAT SPARED YOUNG & OLD
The 1918 influenza pandemic, the Spanish Flu, disproportionately took the lives of men and women in their 20s and 30s, while often sparing the very old and the very young—two population groups that are especially vulnerable to the flu in most years. A virus that usually does little more than make people feel awful for […]
BIDEN PROMISED TO OPEN BORDER
Biden promised to stop all deportations for 100 days after taking office and activists are holding him to it. Two national immigrants rights groups have asked Biden not only for a blanket moratorium on deportations but also a halt on any arrests or apprehension of immigrants. Meanwhile a caravan of an estimated 9,000 people are […]
SUBLEASING & OVERCROWDING SPREADS VIRUS
” THEIR SLEEPING IN KITCHENS AND LOUNGE ROOMS” High-rise towers have become the new frontier of a thriving illegal rooming house market as “profiteering” operators prey on struggling foreign students. International student groups said a lack of affordable housing was leaving young foreigners living in Australia with “no choice” but to pay to live in […]
GLOBAL COMPACT ON WELFARE OF REFUGEES
UN MOROCCO GLOBAL AGREEMENT NOT BINDING The first Forum will be convened in 2018. Subsequent Forums will be reviewed every four years, unless otherwise agreed by the General Assembly, in order to ensure sustained momentum and political will. Forums will be co-convened and co-hosted by one or more State(s) and the United Nations High […]
SPERM COUNT DROP MORE WORRY THAN AGW
Forget about trying to prove Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW). By far the most pressing problem is the threat of human extinction as sperm counts continue to fall. Sperm counts have plunged by nearly 60 per cent in just 40 years among men living in the West, according to a major review of scientific studies which […]
FROM PLASTIC GARBAGE TO DINNER PLATE
Microplastics in sea threat to human health, United Nations warns http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-39217985 (copy to browser to open) BBC Video link above captures the moment plastic enters the food chain Microplastics are created when larger plastic debris breaks down by sunlight and wave action into rice-sized bits that measure five millimeters or less. They have turned the […]
SEWAGE PLANT WILL PROCEED DESPITE LAND BAN
Yarra Valley Water appears set to compulsory acquire council land to construct a Sewer Treatment Plant for the purpose of supplying water extracted from the main sewer line to all new dwellings on Doncaster Hill. This comes after the Manningham Council had refused to issue a building permit and resolved that it would not lease […]
POLLUTANTS THAT COME OUT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
The major car pollutants are carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrous oxides, carbon dioxide and particulates. Most pollutants come from the exhausts but brake pads, tires, oil, grease, anti-freeze, hydraulic fluids, and a number of cleaning agents can also contribute pollutants to the environment While the government does monitor pollutants, these measurements bear little resemblance to the […]
HATS OFF TO THOSE WHO KEPT ON WEARING HATS
BARE HEADED—-THE BRAVE NEW ERA When ever you see a photo of a crowd from around the turn of the last century, up until the 1960’s, it seemed that practically every man and most women were wearing a hat regardless of their economic status or profession. When did the wearing of hats become unpopular? After […]