Drink Green Tea - Avoid Cancer

According to Science Daily "new research reaffirms the potential value of green tea as a natural substance able to stop cancer before it starts."

Everybody, start drinking green tea for your own safety.

The Sun is Shining

And the weather forecast is good - for Norway.

Still we Norwegians can go into the countryside to have a breath of fresh air.

Wonderful. Anyone envious?

The Ozon Layer GetsThinner

The ozon layer over Norway is reported to have been reduced.

This means that when the Norwegians relax on their beaches, they will need to protect themselves after 30 minutes of sun-bathing. If they don't they will be sun-burnt. Worst case - they will catch skin-cancer due to too heavy sun and too much sitting in the sun.

I'll bet all the Norwegians are thanking all the polluting countries and industries for this unexpected strong sun. Or - may be NOT!!!

This is also a warning to the G8s. Take care of our environment.

Please.

Bush in Denmark

The US President George W. Bush has been in Denmark visiting the Fredensborg Castle having breakfast with the Queen and the Prime Minister. Among the things they discussed were more help to the African people, the Kyoto Protocol and environmental issues.

The President said the US has used 20 mill. dollars in exploring various kinds of energy sources, and he predicted that we a few years ahead will be driving cars that pollutes less than the cars of today.

Let's hope he is right.

How Measures may help our Environment

Long time ago there was a problem in Norway with acid rain. Air polution led to dead rish in rivers and lakes. More than 9,600 fish stocks were lost in Norway between 1950 and 1990. Salmon from all the great salmon rivers in Southern Norway was wiped out because of acid rain.

Now, thanks to measures taken by the European countries, the problem of acid rain has nearly disappeared. The salmon has come back to rivers where it once was wiped out. According to the Norwegian Minister of Environment, Knut Arild Hareide in his speach to the 4th World Recreational Fishing Conference in Trondheim - Norway:

We have acid rain under control. Today's biggest threat to Norwegian salmon comes from the parasite Gyrodactylus salaris, which came here in 1975. This parasite has the potential to wipe out entire salmon stocks in infected rivers. We have spent enormous sums each year to get rid of the parasite, river by river. We are trying out new ways of handling the parasite and will not give up before we succeed.

Will the European countries take the necessary measures to deal with this situation as well? Time will show.