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Starmail - 12. Jul, 22:45
12
Jul
2006
CLARION CALL TO SAVE AMPHIBIANS
BBC News July 7, 2006
Hundreds of amphibian species will become extinct unless a global action plan is put into practice very soon, conservationists warn.
Campaigners are forming an Amphibian Survival Alliance, to raise $400m and carry through a rescue strategy.
More than a third of all amphibian species are said to be in peril.
In a policy statement issued in the journal Science, researchers blame a number of factors including habitat loss, climate change and disease.
"We have a huge crisis but I'm confident we can produce some real results," said Simon Stuart, from Conservation International (CI).
"The questions is: how many species will we lose? Are we going to lose hundreds before we can stabilise the situation or are we going to lose just tens," he told the BBC News website.
"Time is absolutely crucial, and to beat time we need human recourses and expertise, and finance."
Policy pressure
Dr Stuart led the Global Amphibian Assessment which reported in 2004. It confirmed the scale of the long-suspected collapse in many populations.
There are almost 6,000 known amphibians, a category which includes frogs, toads, salamanders and caecilians (legless amphibians).
Of these, nearly 2,000 are now judged to be at risk of extinction. Between nine and 122 species have slipped over the edge to oblivion since 1980, when the assessment said the most dramatic declines began.
The losses are caused by land-use change; commercial overexploitation; invasive species pushing out native amphibians; and a wave of disease.
The situation led to a summit last year being called in Washington DC, where a global action plan was agreed.
In this week's edition of the journal Science, leading conservationists announce the creation of an Amphibian Survival Alliance which will co-ordinate the initiative -- pushing forward research, field programmes, captive breeding and making sure the "global crisis" remains at the forefront of policy-making.
Amphibian 'ark'
The biggest single threat to amphibians at the moment appears to be a fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; first identified 1998, it is firmly established in parts of the Americas, Australia and Europe.
The disease which it causes, chytridiomycosis, kills the animals by damaging their sensitive skins, blocking the passage of air and moisture.
In some instances where the spread of this disease was rampant, conservationists would have little choice but to take an "ark" approach", said Dr Stuart.
"The only option we have is to take the most vulnerable species out of the wild and put them in captive holding stations and breed them. It's being done in Panama and Colombia. Some of the rarest species are being plucked out before they go," he explained.
The new alliance will be led by an international secretariat of the Amphibian Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the World Conservation Union, also known as the IUCN.
An initial five-year budget of $400m (£220m) is needed. Longer term, much more will be required.
"It is achievable; it can be done," said Dr Stuart, the senior director of CI's biodiversity assessment unit.
"Some of the money, of course, overlaps with action that needs to take place anyway for biodiversity more broadly, with the focus on conserving key habitats in the wild. Not all of the funds have to be raised under the amphibian name."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5151892.stm
Informant: NHNE
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The incidence of electromagnetic pollution on the amphibien decline
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2204047/
Hundreds of amphibian species will become extinct unless a global action plan is put into practice very soon, conservationists warn.
Campaigners are forming an Amphibian Survival Alliance, to raise $400m and carry through a rescue strategy.
More than a third of all amphibian species are said to be in peril.
In a policy statement issued in the journal Science, researchers blame a number of factors including habitat loss, climate change and disease.
"We have a huge crisis but I'm confident we can produce some real results," said Simon Stuart, from Conservation International (CI).
"The questions is: how many species will we lose? Are we going to lose hundreds before we can stabilise the situation or are we going to lose just tens," he told the BBC News website.
"Time is absolutely crucial, and to beat time we need human recourses and expertise, and finance."
Policy pressure
Dr Stuart led the Global Amphibian Assessment which reported in 2004. It confirmed the scale of the long-suspected collapse in many populations.
There are almost 6,000 known amphibians, a category which includes frogs, toads, salamanders and caecilians (legless amphibians).
Of these, nearly 2,000 are now judged to be at risk of extinction. Between nine and 122 species have slipped over the edge to oblivion since 1980, when the assessment said the most dramatic declines began.
The losses are caused by land-use change; commercial overexploitation; invasive species pushing out native amphibians; and a wave of disease.
The situation led to a summit last year being called in Washington DC, where a global action plan was agreed.
In this week's edition of the journal Science, leading conservationists announce the creation of an Amphibian Survival Alliance which will co-ordinate the initiative -- pushing forward research, field programmes, captive breeding and making sure the "global crisis" remains at the forefront of policy-making.
Amphibian 'ark'
The biggest single threat to amphibians at the moment appears to be a fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; first identified 1998, it is firmly established in parts of the Americas, Australia and Europe.
The disease which it causes, chytridiomycosis, kills the animals by damaging their sensitive skins, blocking the passage of air and moisture.
In some instances where the spread of this disease was rampant, conservationists would have little choice but to take an "ark" approach", said Dr Stuart.
"The only option we have is to take the most vulnerable species out of the wild and put them in captive holding stations and breed them. It's being done in Panama and Colombia. Some of the rarest species are being plucked out before they go," he explained.
The new alliance will be led by an international secretariat of the Amphibian Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the World Conservation Union, also known as the IUCN.
An initial five-year budget of $400m (£220m) is needed. Longer term, much more will be required.
"It is achievable; it can be done," said Dr Stuart, the senior director of CI's biodiversity assessment unit.
"Some of the money, of course, overlaps with action that needs to take place anyway for biodiversity more broadly, with the focus on conserving key habitats in the wild. Not all of the funds have to be raised under the amphibian name."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5151892.stm
Informant: NHNE
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The incidence of electromagnetic pollution on the amphibien decline
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/2204047/
Starmail - 12. Jul, 22:19
It's official: Mike Repacholi has left the WHO
Starmail - 12. Jul, 13:54
Childhood leukemia and magnetic fields in Japan
A case-control study of childhood leukemia and residential power-frequency magnetic fields in Japan
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/childhood_leukemia_and_magnetic_fields_in_japan.htm
http://www.buergerwelle.de/pdf/childhood_leukemia_and_magnetic_fields_in_japan.htm
Starmail - 12. Jul, 13:40
Girl & pet dog share same cancer ordeal
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=395032&in_page_id=1770
The Daily Mail 10 July 06 (11th Scotland)
'Coincidence' and 'not any connection' says the story, but perhaps there is.
The condition is Burkitt's lymphoma. Both its African and western forms have association with Epstein Barr Virus infection, particularly so for children. Dogs too have an EBV form, little has been done to identify the interactions with human illnesses.
EBV can be triggered from its latent state by various stimulii, but one is elf fields. The Valladolid, Spain, mast child cancers (5) included at least one case.
Common illness between owners and companion animals has oft. been noted in mast microwave illness clusters.
(artjar)
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Valladolid
The Daily Mail 10 July 06 (11th Scotland)
'Coincidence' and 'not any connection' says the story, but perhaps there is.
The condition is Burkitt's lymphoma. Both its African and western forms have association with Epstein Barr Virus infection, particularly so for children. Dogs too have an EBV form, little has been done to identify the interactions with human illnesses.
EBV can be triggered from its latent state by various stimulii, but one is elf fields. The Valladolid, Spain, mast child cancers (5) included at least one case.
Common illness between owners and companion animals has oft. been noted in mast microwave illness clusters.
(artjar)
http://omega.twoday.net/search?q=Valladolid
Starmail - 12. Jul, 11:40
11
Jul
2006
Diabetes and Depleted Uranium
For Immediate Release - Request Wide Distribution Contact: Bob Nichols bob.bobnichols@gmail.com
http://tinyurl.com/hnkja
Italian Embassy Cover up Continues
by Bob Nichols
(San Francisco Bay View) Dr Mishra described June 29th to June 6 as "A week from Hell." International radiation expert Leuren Moret talked to Dr Mishra, a famous surgeon from India, the afternoon of July 7, 2006. Dr. Mishra's report was grim. I had tried to reach him by phone and email for a week. I was concerned about his safety. On July 10 Dr Mishra stated "I will not be cowed down."
Mishra reported "Threats at the hospital, three weird phone calls claiming 'we have you under surveillance,' one each in American, Italian and Indian accents."
Dr. Mishra said he was advised by someone in the [Indian] government to "leave town for three days because of the danger." Mishra said he did and "unidentified Government agents blocked my computer, blocked my phone and email and harassed my family."
Dr. Mishra said it started on his visit to the Consul at the Italian Consulate on June 29th regarding his earlier request for an Italian Visa. A Visa is an entry and travel permit and can only be issued in Bombay by Italian Consul Baeceloni. Mishra was called back without an explanation.
The Consul asked Dr. Mishra 1) Who is your sponsor in Italy, 2) What is your hotel in Italy and 3) what is your interest in Leuren Moret, in diabetes and depleted uranium? Dr. Mishra had said nothing about diabetes, depleted uranium or Leuren Moret.
Depleted uranium is a genocidal radioactive metal used for bullets, bombs and missiles by the United States and Great Britain as munitions in Iraq, Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia. Millions of pounds of weaponized radioactive uranium gas and dust have been dispersed by US/UK military forces in Iraq and Central Asia.
The use of uranium weapons has caused a global diabetes epidemic since 1991, according to scientist Leuren Moret. It is enough uranium dust to cause an estimated twenty five million additional cancers in Iraq in the next decade. The US and UK military still use uranium munitions. There are only 24 million Iraqis. Many Iraqis now have multiple cancers.
On his visit to to the Consul at the Italian Embassy Dr Mishra answered the three questions by stating he would bring the email invitation to the Consul, his reservation and stated "I am going to meet with a scientific colleague, Leuren Moret, an old family friend who works for the good of humanity, about matters of interest to international public health."
Mishra continued his statement "I am a scientist and a medical doctor. I have an interest in diabetes and public health links to depleted uranium. There are big unexplained increases in diabetes in India, China and Jakarta since 1990. I am participating in a meeting about these issues."
The US, Italian and Indian governments had no way of knowing about the planned international meeting about the diabetes and depleted uranium cause and effect link.
The suspicion is that the University of California's Nuclear Weapons Labs and factories tapped Leuren Moret's calls; then, went through the US State Department or the Defense Department to the Italian government and the Indian government.
That is the most probable way the words "diabetes and the link to depleted uranium and Leuren Moret" came out of the Italian Consul's mouth in Bombay, India. Scientist Leuren Moret formerly worked at two Nuclear Weapons Labs run by the University of California.
Moret and Mishra concluded with this statement "Denial of Dr. Mishra's Visa is an academic, scientific, political and social issue. We are not against any government. We would like the Italian government to understand the importance of this issue of global public health as an indicator and result of depleted uranium pollution. This position is stifling scientific investigation and is censorship."
Bob Nichols is a Project Censored Award Winner. He is a correspondent for the San Francisco Bay View newspaper and a frequent contributor to various on line publications. Nichols is completing a book based on 15 years of nuclear war in Central Asia. Nichols is a former employee of the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant. Nichols can be reached by email. You are encouraged to write bob.bobnichols@gmail.com
"If the people lead, then eventually the leaders will follow." ~ Thomas Jefferson
Freedom of speech - Use it or lose it
When they took away the 4th Amendment, we were quiet, because we didn't deal drugs.
When they took away the 6th Amendment, we were quiet, because we were innocent.
When they took away the 2nd Amendment, we were quiet, because we don't own guns.
Now they have taken away the 1st Amendment, and very soon, If we continue to be quiet, we will have no choice, BUT to continue to be quiet.
http://tinyurl.com/hnkja
Italian Embassy Cover up Continues
by Bob Nichols
(San Francisco Bay View) Dr Mishra described June 29th to June 6 as "A week from Hell." International radiation expert Leuren Moret talked to Dr Mishra, a famous surgeon from India, the afternoon of July 7, 2006. Dr. Mishra's report was grim. I had tried to reach him by phone and email for a week. I was concerned about his safety. On July 10 Dr Mishra stated "I will not be cowed down."
Mishra reported "Threats at the hospital, three weird phone calls claiming 'we have you under surveillance,' one each in American, Italian and Indian accents."
Dr. Mishra said he was advised by someone in the [Indian] government to "leave town for three days because of the danger." Mishra said he did and "unidentified Government agents blocked my computer, blocked my phone and email and harassed my family."
Dr. Mishra said it started on his visit to the Consul at the Italian Consulate on June 29th regarding his earlier request for an Italian Visa. A Visa is an entry and travel permit and can only be issued in Bombay by Italian Consul Baeceloni. Mishra was called back without an explanation.
The Consul asked Dr. Mishra 1) Who is your sponsor in Italy, 2) What is your hotel in Italy and 3) what is your interest in Leuren Moret, in diabetes and depleted uranium? Dr. Mishra had said nothing about diabetes, depleted uranium or Leuren Moret.
Depleted uranium is a genocidal radioactive metal used for bullets, bombs and missiles by the United States and Great Britain as munitions in Iraq, Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia. Millions of pounds of weaponized radioactive uranium gas and dust have been dispersed by US/UK military forces in Iraq and Central Asia.
The use of uranium weapons has caused a global diabetes epidemic since 1991, according to scientist Leuren Moret. It is enough uranium dust to cause an estimated twenty five million additional cancers in Iraq in the next decade. The US and UK military still use uranium munitions. There are only 24 million Iraqis. Many Iraqis now have multiple cancers.
On his visit to to the Consul at the Italian Embassy Dr Mishra answered the three questions by stating he would bring the email invitation to the Consul, his reservation and stated "I am going to meet with a scientific colleague, Leuren Moret, an old family friend who works for the good of humanity, about matters of interest to international public health."
Mishra continued his statement "I am a scientist and a medical doctor. I have an interest in diabetes and public health links to depleted uranium. There are big unexplained increases in diabetes in India, China and Jakarta since 1990. I am participating in a meeting about these issues."
The US, Italian and Indian governments had no way of knowing about the planned international meeting about the diabetes and depleted uranium cause and effect link.
The suspicion is that the University of California's Nuclear Weapons Labs and factories tapped Leuren Moret's calls; then, went through the US State Department or the Defense Department to the Italian government and the Indian government.
That is the most probable way the words "diabetes and the link to depleted uranium and Leuren Moret" came out of the Italian Consul's mouth in Bombay, India. Scientist Leuren Moret formerly worked at two Nuclear Weapons Labs run by the University of California.
Moret and Mishra concluded with this statement "Denial of Dr. Mishra's Visa is an academic, scientific, political and social issue. We are not against any government. We would like the Italian government to understand the importance of this issue of global public health as an indicator and result of depleted uranium pollution. This position is stifling scientific investigation and is censorship."
Bob Nichols is a Project Censored Award Winner. He is a correspondent for the San Francisco Bay View newspaper and a frequent contributor to various on line publications. Nichols is completing a book based on 15 years of nuclear war in Central Asia. Nichols is a former employee of the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant. Nichols can be reached by email. You are encouraged to write bob.bobnichols@gmail.com
"If the people lead, then eventually the leaders will follow." ~ Thomas Jefferson
Freedom of speech - Use it or lose it
When they took away the 4th Amendment, we were quiet, because we didn't deal drugs.
When they took away the 6th Amendment, we were quiet, because we were innocent.
When they took away the 2nd Amendment, we were quiet, because we don't own guns.
Now they have taken away the 1st Amendment, and very soon, If we continue to be quiet, we will have no choice, BUT to continue to be quiet.
Starmail - 11. Jul, 11:09
