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... GLOBAL NEWS ... NEWS Department, has reversed previous and recommended an sue in question goes to the heart issile defence technology. The United States unilaterally withdrew last year from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia in order to pursue the controversial proposed system, which is designed to intercept enemy warheads in flight—a feat likened to hitting a bullet with a bullet. Dr Postol and his criticisms cannot be dismissed lightly. After the Gulf War, he challenged the Pentagon's claims for the success of its defensive Patriot missiles, saying they had intercepted few, if any, Iraqi Scud missiles. Despite initial ridicule, his assertion is now accepted. (Source: Times Online, January 3, 2003) prevent publication of privately generat- could be the state in which the Earth's ed information. (The other law is the geodynamo operates before reversing." Atomic Energy Act.) The constitutional- Andy Jackson, a specialist in geomag- ity of such authority, which appears to be _netism at Leeds University, said a change at odds with the First Amendment, has __ was long overdue. "Such flips normally never been tested in court. happen every 500,000 years, but it has Of the 139 new secrecy orders issued _ been 750,000 years since the last one." last year, 37 were imposed on private (Source: Sunday Times, Jan 12, 2003) inventors or businesses who developed their inventions without government BRITISH DOCTOR BLASTS funding. Such orders, which are referred CHEMOTHERAPY AS WORTHLESS to as "John Doe" orders, are the most ho would have believed that the potentially problematic from a constitu- prestigious New England Journal tional point of view. of Medicine would applaud an alterna- (Source: Secrecy News, no. 1, January _ tive cancer therapy and, in the same arti- 6, 2003; statistics at http://www.fas.org/ cle, blast chemotherapy as worthless? sgp/othergov/invention/stats. html) Well, it happened in the December 12, 2002, issue, in a review by James MAGNETIC POLE SHIFT DUE Spencer Malpas, MD, DPhil, of St Scicnusts have found large holes Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK. appearing in the Earth's magnetic You can find the article at the webpage field, suggesting that the North and _http://content. NEJM.org/cgi/content/full/ South poles are preparing to reverse posi- 347/24/1986, if you're willing to fork out tions in a magnetic flip. A period of $10, but, for those who don't want to, chaos could be imminent when compass- _ here are some key quotes. es no longer point north, migrating ani- Quote #1: "He found the evidence in mals head in the wrong direction and favour of conventional treatment uncon- satellites are burnt up by solar radiation. vincing and opted for such alternative The holes lie over the South Atlantic _ therapies as Gerson therapy with its strict and the Arctic. The changes were diet, vitamins and enemas. High-dose revealed after detailed data from the _ vitamin C and high-dose vitamin D, both Danish @rsted satellite were analysed. contraindicated in the orthodox treatment Results were compared with data from of multiple myeloma, were later added to earlier satellites. the regimen. What is evident is that this The speed of the change has surprised _ was the right therapy for him." scientists. Nils Olsen, of the Centre for Quote #2: "The irony of the whole sit- Planetary Science in Denmark, one of _ uation is that a recent randomised trial of several centres analysing the data, said treatment for stage-1 multiple myeloma that the Earth's core appeared to be by Riccardi and colleagues (British undergoing dramatic changes. "This Journal of Cancer 2000;82:1254-60) showed no advantage of conventional = chemotherapy over no treatment." a= ; ] (Source: Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen, oof Dec 26, 2002, via http:/www.wellnessto - [- DF -b fl day.com/doctors_question_chemo.htm) could be the state in which the Earth's geodynamo operates before reversing." Andy Jackson, a specialist in geomag- netism at Leeds University, said a change was long overdue. "Such flips normally happen every 500,000 years, but it has been 750,000 years since the last one." (Source: Sunday Times, Jan 12, 2003) an MAGNETIC POLE SHIFT DUE Scicnusts have found large holes appearing in the Earth's magnetic field, suggesting that the North and South poles are preparing to reverse posi- tions in a magnetic flip. A period of chaos could be imminent when compass- es no longer point north, migrating ani- mals head in the wrong direction and satellites are burnt up by solar radiation. The holes lie over the South Atlantic and the Arctic. The changes were revealed after detailed data from the Danish @rsted satellite were analysed. Results were compared with data from earlier satellites. The speed of the change has surprised scientists. Nils Olsen, of the Centre for Planetary Science in Denmark, one of several centres analysing the data, said that the Earth's core appeared to be undergoing dramatic changes. "This NEW INVENTION SECRECY ORDERS REPORTED lhe United States government invoked the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951 to impose new secrecy orders on 139 patent applications during fiscal year 2002, thereby blocking their publication. A total of 4,792 secrecy orders remained in effect at the end of the year, according to statistics compiled by the Patent and Trademark Office. Secrecy orders can be imposed on patent applications at the discretion of government agencies whenever, in their judgement, disclosure of the invention could be "detrimental to national security". The Invention Secrecy Act is one of two laws that permit the government to OESTROGEN IS A CARCINOGEN United States government report has for the first time identified oestrogen-containing drugs as cancer- causing agents. Steroidal oestrogens (estrogens) were added to the National Toxicology Program list because of new research data linking the compounds to an increased risk of cancer of the endometrium, or lining of the uterus. They have also been associated with a rise in the breast cancer risk. Steroidal oestrogens are used in hormone replacement therapy for 8 = NEXUS www.nexusmagazine.com FEBRUARY — MARCH 2003