OT Population, was Hop Tea?

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>ill health and malnutrition of such magnitude that they

>contribute greatly to crime, conflict, social unrest, and the

>intractability of the world's major problems -- is no kind of good

>solution.

I agree with . Gluten intolerance is a HUGE factor in

fertility problems, but it generally manifests itself in

high miscarriage rates, plus the kids that do survive

have high rates of stuff like fits of anger, depression,

and schizophrenia. I really, really do not want to live

in a society where depressed and angry people lower

the population.

Some Asian countries have greatly

reduced their population problem in a far kinder and

gentler way, by making birth control cheap or

free (even if it's just free condoms)

and making good education available.

The " natural " birth control that happens in nature

is far harsher ... usually some plague breaks out in

overcrowded populations, or they fight a lot. Or the

normal tragedies trigger more deaths than necessary.

If it weren't for a lot of intervention, the current

tsunami tragedy would probably trigger a huge

cholera outbreak which would spread to communities

unaffected by the tsunami ... still might, at that. AIDS was

probably endemic to Africa for a long time, but the

combination of population growth and good transportation

in Africa spread it worldwide and also across Africa. There

is a good chance the same factors can spread a bunch

of other endemic diseases worldwide too.

Heidi Jean