Tree of life.

bers were small, the researchers noted that, together, these results lend support to "the hypothesis of EMF acting on hormonal-dependent organs." According to Microwave News, the Floderus study is the fifth to link occupational EMF exposure to male breast cancer. The authors of the first study say that there is less data on breast cancer in women who work in electrical jobs, but point out that this is most likely due to the small percentage of women who work these types of occupations. For thousands of years, the people of India have known about the powers of the neem tree. They clean their teeth with neem twigs, heal skin disorders such as ulcers and eczema with neem-leaf juice, drink neem tea as a tonic, place neem leaves in their grain bins and cupboards to ward off insects, and pour neem tea on their plants to repel insects. Now scientists around the world are researching the possibilities that the neem, a member of the mahogany family, could provide answers to many global problems such as including reforestation, cancer prevention methods, pesticide alternatives, and population control, indud-ing a role in the development of a male birth control pill. "Even some of the most cautious researchers are saying that neem deserves to be called a wonder plant,"' according to Noel Vietmeyer, the study director of a 1992 National Research Council report entitled "Neem: A Tree for Solving Global Problems." Indian scientists began research on the neem in the 1920s, but their work was little recognized until a German entomologist, Heinrich Schmutterer, witnessed a locust plague in the Sudan in 1959. Schmutterer began researching the neem when he saw that the only plant survivors of the plague were neem trees. Interest in the tree spread, and by 1991, several hundred researchers in over a dozen countries were conducting research on the neem. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been studying the neem tree since 1972. One of the most promising benefits of the neem tree may be the use of neem extractions in new organic insecticides. According to the World Health Organization, over 0 The giving tree. The neem tree may provide answers to some of the toughest environmental and health questions. 20,000 deaths and a million illnesses each year result from misuse or overuse of pesticides in the Third World alone. Neem insecticides have many advantages over traditional chemical methods: research indicates they …