WEEK 13 March 13th to March 19th

   RISE IN DIABETES CASES

   Recent European, American and Australian studies are showing a steady rise in Diabetes cases all over the world. Most pronounced in developed countries, both also clear in the third world. Most pronounced among younger children, but also clear in older children and adults. The rise among children younger than two years old, is especially alarming, according to participating researchers. The studies on Diabetes is consistent with studies on other lifestyle - dependent or lifestyle - enhanced diseases lately. Lifestyle in this case meaning environmental based or originated. Diseases increasingly traceable to general pollution and food «preservatives». The reports vary slightly, but both single-handedly and collectively, they leave little doubt that modern life, with ever more pronounced influence of chemicals and added radioactivity, are slowly dismantling our immune defense system. We’re growing less capable of withstanding various diseases and more dependent on medicine, which in turn, make us even less capable of withstanding diseases.
   The «tendency» was first spotted around 1960, a few years after the first nuclear power plants and the chemical industry started up in earnest. Since then, its progression has been beyond anyone's fear.