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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2006-10-18, Page 6a�. Page 6 October 18, 2006 • The Huron Expositor 4=0 Ili_ UNDERCOATING FALL SPECIAL Compact •Mid -Size •Full Size Cars & Light Trucks • Starting at... 95 ■ Book Your Appointment Now! a ler es are m .:. , o .o one of the most recyclable plastics.. Once you have enjoyed your favourite drin in a #1 PET bottle, just place it 1n your blue bo The equivalent of over 20 million PET bottles are placed in the blue box locally every year. They are recovered and sold to manufacturers hat use the plastic to make polyester that Is used in applications such as clothing and carpeting. It takes 45 water bottles to make a new T-shirt. The Association recycles enough bottles to make over 440,000 T-shirts annually! That's four T-shirts for each resident. API Space provided through a partnership between industry and Ontario municipalities to support waste diversion programs. Opinion Corn stalks not free for the taking, says farmer's wife: To the Editor, As the wife of a farmer I find it sad that someone felt it was acceptable for them to pull up to one of our corn fields and hack down a number of corn stalks. We recently discovered a section cut out of three rows of one of our corn fields. This was likely enough corn stalks to fill the flatbed of a pickup truck or a "van. It takes some nerve to pull up to a field on a side road and take something that belongs to someone else. Why not have the nerve to drive in a farmer's lane and ask for what you want? Even offer some small payment. Afterall, we are trying to earn a living, pay our bills and feed our children with our crops. I hope the thieves are enjoying their free fall decorations because while the monetary value of the stolen corn, at today's market rate would probably be less than a dollar, the principle of not supporting our farmers hurts. Perhaps we would be further ahead to cut and bundle our corn and sell them to our urban decorating neighbours for $5 per bun- dle of six. The type of person who would steal from their neighbour probably isn't going to read this, and if they did would probably feel no remorse. This is the same type of person who tosses their garbage at the side of the road to avoid paying their per bag fees.. They are selfish and irresponsible and don't care who they hurt! Kay Johns RR4 Seaforth All Canadians have to live w Harper's lack of actionon F#ci From Page 4 Harper spends the next year or more putting together- the regulations for his new Act, while putting very little energy towards the Kyoto P4ptocol. The Clean Air Act is a necessary move for the Prime Minister if he hopes to be re-elect- ed. Unfortunately, that's about all this new Clean Air Act is - a brightly -coloured flag Stephen Harper can wave in front of voters come election time. And all us Canadians will have to continu- ing on tinu-ing living with the repercussions. News Caution needed whenlnterpreti recent breast cancer study From Page 1 the Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, says women with farming experience are 2.8 times more likely to develop the disease 1" than non -farmers. The study theorizes that exposure to pes- ticides, diesel fuel, antibiotics, growth hormones and other environmental conta- minants might be the reason. The study is one of only a few that have looked at occupational risk related to breast cancer and Henning says caution is in order when interpreting the results. "What if the next study shows the opposite? How many times does that happen in medi- cine?" she says. Henning says the causes of breast cancer are very complex and also involve genetics, hormone replacement therapy, smoking, weight and other fac- tors. "This is another complexity -,that needs to be explored," she says of the study. Dr. Dan Rooyakkers, site chief at Seaforth Community Hospital, agrees the -/ study is interesting 'What if the next study (shows the opposite? How many times does that happen in medicine?' -- Dr. Beth Henning, Huron County Medical. Officer of Health and "possibly alarming" but adds he's never noticed the connection between breast cancer and farming in his largely rural practice. "It begs us to put more money forward to study the lives of rural women,". he says.