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Title: Do People Live Longer among Trees?
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URL Source: http://www.icr.org/articles/view/7250/208/
Published: Oct 27, 2014
Author: Brian Thomas, M.S.
Post Date: 2014-10-27 00:11:40 by A K A Stone
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Comments: 23
Could living near trees possibly affect human health? Increasingly, studies indicate that trees can improve human health. Evolution doesn't expect this, but biblically speaking, trees and people have close ties. New research included steps to demonstrate that living longer was not linked to living among trees, but instead linked to more sensible factors "like income, race, and education," according to the Pacific Northwest Research Station of the U.S. Forest Service based in Portland.1 But the researchers found that cardiovascular health clearly declined in people from very different ethnic, income, and educational backgrounds in the absence of trees. Geoffrey Donovan of the U.S. Forest Service was the lead author in the study, which appeared in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine.2 The study included data from 15 states spanning 18 years. What is the real cause of these phenomena? The researchers don't know, but the data fit with the strange idea that broken trees may lead to broken hearts. In the evolutionary mindset, what survival advantage would people have from just seeing strong trees? And how can evolution explain people's health deteriorating when trees wither? In contrast to evolutionary origins myths, trees play a surprisingly strong role in actual human history. The book of Genesis uses the word "tree" 28 times, for example. Its fourth instance occurs in Genesis 2:9: "And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food." So, right from the beginning, trees were identified as sources of food and of beauty.3 The Bible also says about the believer, "His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon."4 Clearly, God made trees for the purpose of bringing pleasure to people.5 Are researchers uncovering evidence of this God-made link between man and trees? References * Mr. Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research.
For example, during the last decade, the emerald ash borer beetle parasitized and killed untold numbers of 22 species of North American ash trees across the eastern and Midwestern United States. After that happened, 15,000 additional people in those areas died of cardiovascular disease.
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#1. To: Ferret Mike (#0)
Thought this might be interesting to you.
I am still into forestry, but my focus is currently on stopping the slaughter of dolphins at Taipi, Japan and freeing all imprisoned cetaceans from entities like Sea World.
Why Japan? You have a friend in Japan?
I care about whales and dolphins. They are non-human beings with language and culture and should not be imprisoned in places like Sea World, or killed for their meat/
I went to Panama Beach this summer. A pack of about 7 or 8 dolphins swam just a few feet from me. I tried to catch up with them but I couldn't keep up. Obviously they swim for a living and I don't. I don't think keeping dolphins in captivity where they are fed and cared for is a bad thing. People learn from them and the people who care for them generally take good care of them and love them. It is no more inhumane then having a ferret in captivity. People eat meat so I guess it is ok to eat them as long as they aren't threatened with extinction. As long as the herds are large so to speak. I wouldn't eat one though. I like them.
#19. To: A K A Stone (#18)
They have brains that rival our's in size, cortical surface area, weight and complexity. They are extremely intelligent and we should be given the same status as humans for freedom and respect of life. Besides, check out the mercury levels in the flesh of apex predators like dolphins that live in the shallow coastal waters of Japan. They are very high and actually make the meat very dangerous to eat. Especially by pregnant women and children,
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#13. To: A K A Stone (#1)
"Thought this might be interesting to you."
#15. To: Ferret Mike (#13)
I am still into forestry, but my focus is currently on stopping the slaughter of dolphins at Taipi, Japan
#17. To: A K A Stone (#15)
#18. To: Ferret Mike (#17)
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