Sarah breastfeeding baby Ella on her wedding day

The value of breast feeding is today is vastly udermined today due to the rush of modern lifes. Working mothers, long days, not enough sleep. New mums I meet every now and then, they rush to bottle milk as soon as they find an allibi not to breast feed.

[the photo is from here]

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the title is a bit misleading.

How can we have good science as opposed to junk science?

Well, we can! It all depends on our values and our ethos, doesn't it?

History of Science has some really strong and very recent examples on how bad science may formulate policies and ...politicians,

e.g. climate change and the release of emails last year, few weeks ago on aging of stem cells and now we have a debate on health claims and the role of EFSA.

Making European motorists use more biofuel could actually increase carbon emissions and force up food prices, hitting the world's poorest the hardest, says the IEEP report Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images

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Have you ever wondered about the gap of science and politics?

I do not think that many politicians bother to read about scientific facts when they formulate policies.

However, there is an increasing urge and need on this aspect: we, as scientists, need to try and communicate to politicians our data.

For months now, we know that bisphenol A (BPA) is a potential hazard in our food chain. Denmark was the 1st EU country banning BPA in food packaging for young children since 1st July 2010. However, EFSA has recently refused to take any action.

Toxicity of BPA

Today's news come to reveal that EFSA is wrong and pathetic in her views on BPA.

This study on more than 200 Chinese factory workers has found a link between plastic feedstock bisphenol A in urine and potential reproduction problems like decreased sperm count and vitality.

The study, funded by the U.S. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, said it was one of the first human studies to show a link between BPA and semen quality.

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The biggest problem that we have to face as humans is this:lack of valuable resources, resources that give us life and then ...good life.

Water, wheat, rice...are running short.

Or...we are too many for this planet.

WWF thinks that we need about 2 planets to survive.

But, there are no other Earths...so, some of us will starve and die.

The fiscal crisis of the last 2 years is probably this killing catalyst.