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| Women break bra world record |
| 2006-05-02 |
| I'm very surprized this wasn't done in the turkish occupied-colonized part of Cyprus, wonder why? PAPHOS, Cyprus (Reuters) - Women on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus created the world's longest chain of bras of Sunday, linking together nearly 115,000 of the garments covering 111 km (70 miles), organisers said. The group of Dutch, British and Cypriot organisers took nearly nine hours to create the chain at the harbour in the resort of Paphos, following a year of painstaking planning. Their success will shove Singapore, which had held the record since 2003 with 79,000 bras, off the top spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. Women from as far afield as Alaska, Brazil, Martinique and Iran contributed bras to the record attempt, aimed at raising awareness of breast cancer. Even the British solders based in Cyprus took part helping organisers move the bags of bras and lay the chain. "I can't believe we really did it," said Louise van Rooij, a Dutch resident of Cyprus, one of the two women whose idea it was to attempt to break the record. A logistics company carried out the official count to certify the record attempt on Saturday. The final count was 114,782, van Rooij said. The bras will be stored in Cyprus and organisers will contact the Red Cross to find them a good home, van Rooij said. Organisers are also building up a database which will send out SMS text alerts to women in high-risk groups and schedule online screenings. They have collected 4,000 names so far. Breast cancer kills about 400,000 women worldwide each year. Doctors say regular screening, particularly for women over 50, is vital for early detection crucial to survival rates. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #7 I love toying with human chemistry. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-05-02 19:22 |
| #6 Now, take what lotp has posted and multiply it by the fact that flexible plastics, such as the ones that line all canned foods and materials like food service cling wrap must contain thalates as a "plasticizer". These nasty compounds are also known as "endocrine disruptors" due to their ability to mimic critical human hormonal compounds, estrogen in particular. At thalate discharge sites it is not uncommon to find fish sporting the sex organs of both genders or mutated and maldeveloped genitals. Scientists speculate that constant and pernicious exposure to these thalate compounds are the cause of a global decline in male sperm counts. Others are seeking a connection to the near-catastrophic world-wide population crash in batrachian (frog) species. We are toying with some exceptionally critical human chemistry. Serious thought needs to be given regarding just how convenient plastics really are. One jaw-dropping statistic is that landfills now contain between 10% and a mind-bending 25% of disposable diapers. That is an incredible amount of plastic, not to mention feces being introduced into the ground and water table. Just a thought. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-05-02 16:37 |
| #5 400,000 women worldwide each year Yup. And there's good scientific reason to believe that the situation is worsening in modernized countries. That's because oestrogen transports many substances across cell membranes, making them far more lethal to women of childbearing years than to males. This is true of PCBs, for instance. One reason EPA standards for allowable exposure to these sorts of things can be misleading is that the studies that established "safe" levels of exposure were done on college-aged males, women being excluded due to the possibility they are or would become pregnant. And so these "safe" levels in many cases severely underestimate the potential toxicity and carcenogenic danger to women. Not an argument for moonbat regulation. But it is a sober scientific issue. An acquaintance of mine did the original work that identified the oestrogen transport issue, fwiw. |
| Posted by: lotp 2006-05-02 15:03 |
| #4 nearly 115,000 of the garments covering 111 km (70 miles), organisers said. I think they might have padded their figures. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-05-02 13:22 |
| #3 What a bunch of boobs |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-05-02 12:31 |
| #2 400,000 women worldwide each year whoa! |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-05-02 10:14 |
| #1 Would have been better if each bra had a photo of, err the contente, attached |
| Posted by: JFM 2006-05-02 10:10 |