Don't drink the water.Daniel Callahan notes that a 2004 European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community (EC) were officially merged; previously, each organization was governed by a separate commission. study on declining birth rates birth rate: see vital statistics. could not explain why Poland's birth rate is so far below replacement level ("Depopulation Bomb," November 18, 2005). The study apparently did not consider ecological factors. There is increasing evidence that traffic pollutants, pesticides, chlorines in drinking water, and other chemical contaminants are affecting sperm counts in humans and other creatures all over the world. We also have historic levels of asthma, birth defects birth defects, abnormalities in physical or mental structure or function that are present at birth. They range from minor to seriously deforming or life-threatening. A major defect of some type occurs in approximately 3% of all births. Defects may be genetic in origin, as in Down syndrome, Tay-Sachs disease, sickle cell disease, and hemophilia, or may be the result of infections, such as rubella and sexually transmitted diseases., and other diseases directly attributable to chemical contamination. The European Commission should check the air and water quality in Warsaw for possible answers about low birth rates. DARBY RILEY San Antonio, Tex. |
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