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Some acupuncturists use magnets to stimulate pressure points and promote circulation. But as Dr. Edward McFarland, head of sports medicine at Johns Hopkins University, puts it, "The science [of biomagnetics] has to catch up to the hype." Indeed, there have been no authoritative studies on the effects of magnetic therapy. There is no shortage, though, of theories about how they work...
...Rosenberger draws together some of the most important issues for religious citizens, namely government funding, free religious speech by private individuals, and equality,'' says Steven McFarland, an Episcopal lawyer who runs the Center for Law and Religious Freedom, a 20-year-old Christian-advocacy organization. But he has harsh words for some of the scare tactics used by some of the more militant Christian-law groups. "We don't need a Christian ACLU," he says. "The ACLU gets most of its results from bluster, saber rattling and intimidation. Any organization that claims to serve a God of truth should...
...Wrestlers:Marc McFarland, Mark Fergeson, Jason Roach...
...helpless farm workers and their children are without protection. In 1988, 12 million pounds of pesticides were used on grapes alone in California; one-third of these pesticides are known to cause cancer. This inordinate use of toxic pesticides poisons and kills farm workers and their children. In McFarland, the rate of cancer diagnosed among children is 800 percent the normal rate. Fourteen children in this grape-growing community of 6000 have been stricken with cancer since 1985; six have already died...
...Earlimart, 15 miles from McFarland, six children have been diagnosed with cancer since 1988; the rate in Earlimart is 1200 percent the expected rate. One of these children, Monica Tovar, died earlier this year. Seven children in Fowler, another grape-growing community, have been diagnosed with cancer since 1984. The World Institute estimates that toxic pesticides poison over 300,000 farm workers in the United States every year...