Nungali Posted February 17 (edited) Blushwood nuts * , they are a strange thing ... regarding cancer treatments . It's a Queensland rain forest tree . Substances in it work on skin cancers . In animal trials , researchers were amazed at the results and observed effect within in moments , it attacks the tumour , causing a visible reaction within moments , within days it begins to die and shrivel and eventually drops off . Then a second substance in it causes rapid healing of the site . 'Up there' ( in Qld. rain forest ) is also the home of Australia's 'rain forest pygmy ' ( not like the African ones, we had our own version ) they didn't last long after colonisation , they either died or where removed from the rain forest and put in 'missions' ** . One has to wonder what other natural rain forest medicines they knew about ? " “In most cases the single injection treatment caused the loss of viability of cancer cells within four hours, and ultimately destroyed the tumours.” https://www.qimrberghofer.edu.au/media-releases/cancer-drug-destroys-tumours-in-pre-clinical-trials/ * ** another strange thing ; I have not looked up these guys for about a year now . And now I find, according to AI and the Australian Museum, they never existed ! Funny, because I met one ! Why now did they never exist ? because scientists have debunked the idea that Australia was populated by pygmies and then the current Aboriginals came here and wiped them out . And that is the first time I have EVER heard this as well . In all my studies they have been but one part of the Aboriginal population and contemporary . Who is writing this stuff ? It seems similar to the taboo I have had placed on me because I have asked why are some Australian Aboriginals black and some brown ? I have gone against the correct political attitude in even asking ( however many Aboriginals will talk about that and offer explanations ) . It comes from that part of society that wants to see them 'equal' , will always do a 'acknowledgement of country ' before anything official, put a plaque on their town house saying they acknowledge their property is .......... (whatever tribe name ) , but would not pick up an Aboriginal hitch hiking .... just happen to be looking the other way as they drive by . Thank goodness for John Safran ; Edited February 17 by Nungali 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted February 18 1 hour ago, Nungali said: Blushwood nuts * , they are a strange thing ... regarding cancer treatments . It's a Queensland rain forest tree . Substances in it work on skin cancers . In animal trials , researchers were amazed at the results and observed effect within in moments , it attacks the tumour , causing a visible reaction within moments , within days it begins to die and shrivel and eventually drops off . Then a second substance in it causes rapid healing of the site . 'Up there' ( in Qld. rain forest ) is also the home of Australia's 'rain forest pygmy ' ( not like the African ones, we had our own version ) they didn't last long after colonisation , they either died or where removed from the rain forest and put in 'missions' ** . One has to wonder what other natural rain forest medicines they knew about ? " “In most cases the single injection treatment caused the loss of viability of cancer cells within four hours, and ultimately destroyed the tumours.” https://www.qimrberghofer.edu.au/media-releases/cancer-drug-destroys-tumours-in-pre-clinical-trials/ * That's so cool. And so sad, because don't know about Australia, but in the Amazon rain forest the majority of plants found there haven't even been identified yet -- while they keep going extinct. Some of our pharmaceutical substances that were derived from those identified, in the meantime, have revolutionized modern medicine whenever they found an inroad there. Curare, without which modern general anesthesia doesn't happen and most major surgeries would be impossible. Quinine, which globally turned around malaria (synthetic versions, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, are derived from it.) Pilocarpine, which is prescribed for all cases of glaucoma. To name a few. And god only knows now many were never touched out of hubris (old wives' tales, snake oil, woo woo medicine is the common way to refer to those miracles of healing nature and native expertise spanning millennia.) I used to gobble up books on ethnobotany. Sometimes they made me cry. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted 8 hours ago (edited) China imported 12 million tons of coal from the US in 2024. The coal was delivered on huge oil-burning ships. China burned that coal to make energy to build solar panels. The solar panels were then exported to the US and delivered on huge oil-burning ships. In 1992, a cargo ship container tumbled into the Pacific, dumping 28,000 bath toys, mostly rubber ducks, that were headed from China to the U.S.. Currents took them, and news reports said some have eventually reached Maine and other shores on the Atlantic. In the following years, they showed up all over the world, Seattle to Alaska to Hawaii and back to China and to the Arctic. Pop quiz: how do you think the two stories are connected? Here they are in Chicago River Edited 8 hours ago by Taomeow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old3bob Posted 1 hour ago (edited) 7 hours ago, Taomeow said: China imported 12 million tons of coal from the US in 2024. The coal was delivered on huge oil-burning ships. China burned that coal to make energy to build solar panels. The solar panels were then exported to the US and delivered on huge oil-burning ships. In 1992, a cargo ship container tumbled into the Pacific, dumping 28,000 bath toys, mostly rubber ducks, that were headed from China to the U.S.. Currents took them, and news reports said some have eventually reached Maine and other shores on the Atlantic. In the following years, they showed up all over the world, Seattle to Alaska to Hawaii and back to China and to the Arctic. Pop quiz: how do you think the two stories are connected? Here they are in Chicago River Forever rubber duckies (like forever man-made compounds) Edited 58 minutes ago by old3bob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
