“There are six myths about old age: 1. That it's a disease, a disaster. 2. That we are mindless. 3. That we are sexless. 4. That we are useless. 5. That we are powerless. 6. That we are all alike.” AgeDiseaseSixMythDisasterOld AgeUselessPowerlessMindless Author:Maggie Kuhn
“All over East Africa-indeed, all over Africa-it is normal for people to walk a kilometer or two or six for water. In more arid areas, people walk even greater distances, and sometimes all they find at the end is a pond slimy with overuse. More than 90 percent of Africans still dig for their water, and waterborne diseases such as typhoid, dysentery, bilharzia, and cholera are common. The bodies of many Africans are a stew of parasites. In some areas the wells are so far below the earth's surface that chains of people are required to pass up the water.” PeopleWellsStillsTwoEndsSometimesBodyEarthWaterWalksCommonGreaterDiseaseNormalSixPercentAreasDistanceEnvironmentalSurfaceEastChainsPondsParasitesStewCholeraEast AfricaTyphoidDysentery Author:Marq de Villiers
“One out of every six American women has so much mercury in her womb that her children are at risk for a grim inventory of diseases, including autism, blindness, mental retardation and heart, liver and kidney disease.” HeartChildrenRiskDiseaseSixIncludingAutismBlindnessWombGrimLiverMercuryAmerican WomanKidneysInventoryKidney DiseaseMental Retardation Author:Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“We had a week off in the middle of shooting, but as soon as everyone stopped, we all went down with six different types of flu and other unmentionable diseases.” DifferentWeekMiddleTypeDiseaseSixShootingFlu Author:Johnny Vegas
“Winter regularly takes many more lives than any heat wave: 25,000 to 50,000 each year die in Britain from excess cold. Across Europe, there are six times more cold-related deaths than heat-related deaths...by 2050...Warmer temperatures will save 1.4 million lives each year.” YearsDiesEnergyMillionsEnvironmentColdDiseaseSixEuropeWinterClimate ChangeWaveHeatRelatedBritainExcessTemperatureHeat Wave Author:Bjorn Lomborg