Tick Removal Folklore and Proper Instructions
Have you ever asked anyone for advice on how to remove a ticks? Don’t believe a word you hear!I recently had a tick bite. And for every bit of folklore advice I received I found a competent source saying that the advice is dead wrong.There are a LOT of...
Marin overwhelmingly says NO to GE crops
Kudos to the voters in Marin County!They passed a measure in 2004 banning the cultivation of genetically engineered plants and animals there. The measure passed by a large margin – 61 percent to 38 percent – handing another blow to the biotechnology...
Promising signs for Iraq marshes
Iraq’s devastated marshlands can be partially revitalised.Saddam Hussein ordered the draining of the wetlands, in part to punish the native Marsh Arabs who opposed his rule.But the quality of water now flowing into the marshes is better than expected and...