鈥淣obody should stop taking statins on the basis of this report鈥� they will be putting themselves at increased risk of heart attack or stroke.鈥�
Peter Weissberg of the British Heart Foundation on a small study that found patients with low levels of LDL, or 鈥渂ad鈥� cholesterol 鈥� which can be lowered by statins 鈥� to be three times as likely to have Parkinson鈥檚 disease as those with high levels (The Daily Telegraph, London, 15 January)
鈥淚鈥檓 prepared to bid for that first ticket to shoot a wolf.鈥�
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Governor C. L. 鈥淏utch鈥� Otter of Idaho, speaking in support of the public hunting of all but 100 of the state鈥檚 grey wolves after the federal government removes their protection under the Endangered Species Act (Associated Press, 15 January)
鈥淐ondoms don鈥檛 belong in school, and neither does Al Gore.鈥�
Frosty Hardison, a parent in Federal Way, Washington, who opposes sex education, speaking out against Gore鈥檚 film An Inconvenient Truth. As a result the city鈥檚 school board has temporarily banned the film from its schools (Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 11 January)
鈥淵ou want to encourage [sharing milk] but not to the extent of taking milk from strangers.鈥�
Jennifer Laycock, who runs a website promoting breastfeeding and milk banks, on mothers who buy milk from each other online without ensuring it is safe (The Washington Post, 16 January)
鈥淭here is a dark side to this. We felt the exhilaration of discovery, but there was also something scary.鈥�
Dennis Schmitt, an explorer from Berkeley, California, on discovering a new island off Greenland that emerged when global warming melted the ice linking it to the mainland (The New York Times, 16 January)