Informative links

The latest brain study examined 111 former NFL players. Only one didn’t have CTE.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/the-latest-brain-study-examined-111-former-nfl-players-only-one-didnt-have-cte/2017/07/25/835b49e4-70bc-11e7-8839-ec48ec4cae25_story.html?utm_term=.b8571db65217


Sperm count in the western world is half what it was in the 1970s, says new research
[Why don't they mention exposure to pollution in our food?]
http://www.dw.com/en/sperm-count-in-the-western-world-is-half-what-it-was-in-the-1970s-says-new-research/a-39829877


A Nebraska-Sized Area of Forest Disappeared in 2015
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/mississippi-sized-area-of-forest-disappeared-21641


Five Decades of Research Confirms: Spanking Produces Similar Outcomes in Children as Physical Abuse.
http://www.earthbasedmom.com/five-decades-research-confirms-spanking-physical-abuse-produces-similar-outcomes-children/


People who have been denied health care because they were uninsured.
Click on the View more Answers button below the first comment to see more.
https://www.quora.com/Have-any-American-citizens-ever-been-personally-denied-healthcare-in-the-USA/answer/Tessa-E-Tea


Spike in calls to poison control centers over dietary supplements
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/spike-in-calls-to-poison-control-centers-over-dietary-supplements/


Microsoft may be quietly retiring Paint after 32 years
It's just "deprecated" for most of us, but it's already disappeared in China and India.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3209722/windows/microsoft-paint-may-be-doomed-why-its-wrong-and-what-you-can-do-about-it.html


New Zealand storm: states of emergency declared as flooding hits South Island
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/22/new-zealand-calls-in-the-army-after-ferocious-storm-hits-south-island?utm_campaign=crowdfire&utm_content=crowdfire&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#350509998-tw#1500759939962


Why Republicans Cannot Replace the ACA, Or Accomplish Anything Else
Republicans cannot govern because Republicans lack any respect for facts. Tilting at windmills is much easier than constructing them.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisladd/2017/07/20/why-republicans-cannot-replace-the-aca-or-accomplish-anything-else/#3b36b2592776


Jeb Bush calls out Republicans who criticized Obama over Russia, but have been silent on the Trump-Russia probe
[I note : Democrats are also guilty of accepting behaviour in their own people they would condemn in others, as are people in general.]
http://www.businessinsider.com/jeb-bush-blasts-trump-and-republicans-over-their-handling-of-the-russia-invesetigation-2017-7


Hottest day ever in Shanghai as heat wave bakes China
https://phys.org/news/2017-07-hottest-day-shanghai-china.html


Satellite Snafu Masked True Sea Level Rise for Decades
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/satellite-snafu-masked-true-sea-level-rise-for-decades/?WT.mc_id=SA_DD_20170719


Trump Is So Rich He Thinks Health Insurance Costs $12 Per Year
[Another thing to note is that after his May statement, we would expect that he was corrected, but he then makes an even bigger mistake.]
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rich-health-care-insurance-cost-639676


Final New Moon Sunday Starts the Countdown to the Great American Eclipse
https://www.space.com/37583-counting-down-solar-eclipse-new-moon.html


Whistleblower Case Shows How Trump Tries to Silence Science
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20072017/whistleblower-trump-intimidation-abuse-power-climate-scientists-joel-clement-zinke


The Energy Industry Is Turning School Kids Into Climate Change Skeptics
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2017/06/16/Energy-Industry-Turning-School-Kids-Climate-Change-Skeptics


Paying People to Not Cut Down Trees Pays Off, Study Finds
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20072017/stopping-deforestation-payment-ecosystem-services-trees-uganda-climate-change