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Ex Why Entropy? Koori Kids Deafened Ex Why Entropy? Almost all Aboriginal children over 12 | The ability of parents to choose the sex of months old in the Norther Territory have defective | their offspring could lead tw a total imbalance in the hearing, according to a new health study. sexes - and deep social change. Damaged eardrums and a middle-ear diseasc, 105 boys are born for every 100 girls in North which cause permanent hearing loss, arc having a | America and Europe today, according to a study by badimpactontheir ability toleamandcommunicate, | Dr Owen Lloyd and colleagues at the Department of according to the Darwin-based Menzies School of | Community Medicine at Ninewells Hospital in Health Research study. Dundee, Britain. “The disease is so widespread and starts so early “In China, where the governmentis encouraging in life that Aborigines rarcly recognise it is a prob- | families with one child, the sex ratiois rising to over lem, butitcanhavea serious impactonachild’searly | 115. That’s perhaps because of infanticide of girls,” education,” the N.T. Minister for Health, Don Dale, | the authors reported in December. Hong Kong has a | said in February. ratio of 109, Greece 113 and Korea and Gambia 116. This is only the latest in a series of reports “Recently, Asian women have been reported to documenting these and otherhealth problems among | abort female foetuses because of dowry problems. Koori children. Yet researchers still donot know the | About 78,000 female foetuses were aborted in India cause of the middle-ear infection in Aboriginal | between 1978 and 1982. communities and suspect it may be associated with “Pre-selection for conception is becoming pos- chlamydia. The NT is appointing adoctor tothe NT | sible and genderchoicehas been produced by a phar- Department of Health and Community Services to | maceutical firm in America.” co-ordinate ear health programs around the territory. The British Medical Journal Tree Eaters | LUCK ATLUXOR A cache of ancient statues has been found Native eucalypts are threatened as never by chance amid the ruins of Luxor in Egypt. before throughout Australian grazing and farming Five life-sized black granite figures dating back lands. Die-back is spreading through vast areas and | atleast3,000 years were unearthed, in what has been according to some scientists will occur on a disas- | claimed as possibly “the most important find since trous scale over the next two years without wide- | early this century,” according to Egyptian Culture spread action by landowners, conservationists and | Minister Farouk Hosni. governments. “All are in perfect condition. They should com- Die-back is the defoliation and death of trees | plete the missing link in ancient history,” he an- caused by a host of factors including leaf-eating | nounced optimistically. bectles and moths, soil-borne fungi and damage by AP cattle and other animals. Thinned (logged) forest is susceptible to die-back, particularly where the land H 0 rm 0 n a t and ecosystem have been degraded by cattle. This tree loss contributes to salinity and soil 4 H b t Hy erosion, now widely recognised as the greatest dan- l e r n a I 0 | ger facing the nation. Generations have allowed the soil to wash away and now desertification is spread- | Blood plasma has been removed from ablack ing at an alarming rate, while productivity is drop- | bear by a Canadian scientist and injected into a ping away with the last few inches of topsoil. squirrel in summer to plunge it into a deep sleep. Late last year the NSW Legislative Assembly Naturalist Wayne Lynch of Calgary has been passed a Soil Conservation Bill which actually in- | trying to findachemical trigger which induces hiber- creases exemptions from the need to get a permitto | nation. Other scientists have used transfusions from destroy or damage trees on land protected for soil | hibernating animals to slow the heartbeat and lower conservation. the blood temperature of rats. “The passing of this legislation to allow exemp- The experiments suggest tions could open the floodgates of tee-clearing in | that a hormone-like sub- our agricultural lands ata time when thereissomuch | stance may be responsible concern aboutsoil erosion and loss ofnativehabitat,.” | for hibernation. said Jeff Angel, Assistant Director of the Total En- Ifthe chemical/s respon- vironment Centre (Sydney). sible can be isolated, they The Bill also abolishes the Soil Conservation | may beused to putastronauts Advisory Council, which was appointed by the pre- | ( sleep for long space voy- vious government. (See Permaculture - Renewing | ages - and wake them again the Planet (next page for Bill Mollison’s view on | weeks or months later. these problems and their solutions). AFP!Canadian Geographic NATURAL HEALING CENTRE DR. MARCUS WELLING. D.C. 2 Clovelly St., VAUCLUSE. 337-5703 Incorporating: Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Herbalist, Naturopathic, Homeopathic, Oriental Shiatsu \iassage KEEPIN TOUCH Fees refundable Private Heulth Fund. Koori Kids Deafened Ex Why Entropy? Almost all Aboriginal children over 12 | The ability of parents to choose the sex of months old in the Norther Territory have defective | their offspring could lead tw a total imbalance in the hearing, according to a new health study. sexes - and deep social change. Damaged eardrums and a middle-ear diseasc, 105 boys are born for every 100 girls in North which cause permanent hearing loss, arc having a | America and Europe today, according to a study by badimpactontheir ability toleamandcommunicate, | Dr Owen Lloyd and colleagues at the Department of according to the Darwin-based Menzies School of | Community Medicine at Ninewells Hospital in Health Research study. Dundee, Britain. “The disease is so widespread and starts so early “In China, where the governmentis encouraging in life that Aborigines rarcly recognise it is a prob- | families with one child, the sex ratiois rising to over lem, butitcanhavea serious impactonachild’searly | 115. That’s perhaps because of infanticide of girls,” education,” the N.T. Minister for Health, Don Dale, | the authors reported in December. Hong Kong has a said in February. ratio of 109, Greece 113 and Korea and Gambia 116. This is only the latest in a series of reports “Recently, Asian women have been reported to documenting these and otherhealth problems among | abort female foetuses because of dowry problems. Koori children. Yet researchers still donot know the | About 78,000 female foetuses were aborted in India cause of the middle-ear infection in Aboriginal | between 1978 and 1982. communities and suspect it may be associated with “Pre-selection for conception is becoming pos- chlamydia. The NT is appointing adoctor tothe NT | sible and genderchoicehas been produced by a phar- Department of Health and Community Services to | maceutical firm in America.” co-ordinate earhealth programs around the territory. The British Medical Journal Tree Eaters | LUCK ATLUXOR A cache of ancient statues has been found Native eucalypts are threatened as never by chance amid the ruins of Luxor in Egypt. before throughout Australian grazing and farming Five life-sized black granite figures dating back lands. Die-back is spreading through vast areas and | atleast3,000 years were unearthed, in what has been according to some scientists will occur on a disas- | claimed as possibly “the most important find since trous scale over the next two years without wide- | early this century,” according to Egyptian Culture spread action by landowners, conservationists and | Minister Farouk Hosni. governments. “All are in perfect condition. They should com- Die-back is the defoliation and death of trees | plete the missing link in ancient history,” he an- caused by a host of factors including leaf-eating | nounced optimistically. bectles and moths, soil-borne fungi and damage by AP cattle and other animals. Thinned (logged) forest is susceptible to die-back, particularly where the land H 0 rm 0 n a t and ecosystem have been degraded by cattle. This tree loss contributes to salinity and soil 4 H b Hy erosion, now widely recognised as the greatest dan- l e r n a I 0 | ger facing the nation. Generations have allowed the soil to wash away and now desertificationis spread- | Blood plasma has been removed from ablack ing at an alarming rate, while productivity is drop- | bear by a Canadian scientist and injected into a ping away with the last few inches of topsoil. squirrel in summer to plunge it into a deep sleep. Late last year the NSW Legislative Assembly Naturalist Wayne Lynch of Calgary has been passed a Soil Conservation Bill which actually in- | trying to finda chemical trigger which induces hiber- creases exemptions from the need to get a permitto | nation. Other scientists have used transfusions from destroy or damage trees on land protected for soil | hibernating animals to slow the heartbeat and lower conservation. the blood temperature of rats. “The passing of this legislation to allow exemp- The experiments suggest tions could open the floodgates of tee-clearing in | that a hormone-like sub- our agricultural lands ata time when thereissomuch | stance may be responsible concern aboutsoil erosion and loss ofnativehabitat,.” | for hibernation. said Jeff Angel, Assistant Director of the Total En- Ifthe chemical/s respon- vironment Centre (Sydney). sible can be isolated, they The Bill also abolishes the Soil Conservation | may beused to putastronauts Advisory Council, which was appointed by the pre- | ( sleep for long space voy- vious government. (See Permaculture - Renewing | ages - and wake them again the Planet (next page for Bill Mollison’s view on | weeks or months later. these problems and their solutions). AFP!Canadian Geographic NATURAL HEALING CENTRE DR. MARCUS WELLING. D.C. 2 Clovelly St., VAUCLUSE. 337-5703 Incorporating: Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Herbalist, Naturopathic, Homeopathic, Oriental Shiatsu Niassage KEEPIN TOUCH Fees refundable Private Heu!th Fund. then T9389 Tree Eaters Hormonal Hibernation NATURAL HEALING CENTRE DR. MARCUS WELLING, D.C. 2 Clovelly St., VAUCLUSE. 337-5703 Incorporating: Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Herbalist, Naturopathic, Homeopathic, Oriental Shiatsu Niassage KEEPIN TOUCH Fees refundable Private Heulth Fund. Koori Kids Deafened