The Epoch Times posted a multipage article with several hypotheses as to why girls were reaching puberty earlier. Having experienced several sections of the United States which exhibited great differences in sexual maturity of girls in the 1960's, I wanted to add to the information by discussing what California teachers I knew in my Los Angeles school unanimously thought was the cause. Following is the letter I sent to the Epoch Times "Mind & Body" editor.

Dec 16, 2022, 18:27 EST 

Epoch Times 
Mind & Body…

HOW THE BRAIN CONTROLS   
COFFEE PREPARATION
By IRENE BARON  7 MARCH 2021
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Yum! Time for my first cup of coffee today. 

To make a cup of coffee requires mental calculations using both sides of my brain. Some people don't believe this to be true. According to resources, the two different hemispheres of the brain are "in charge of" different types of specialties. Let's analyze those specialties. Assume I make coffee every morning and have full capacity of both hemispheres of my brain. 

What…

CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE PAST       
       www,irenebaron.com  11 August 2020 
 

THE ICE AGE

Our perception of the earth is like that of a mite on a tree. The mite isn't aware of changes in tree growth during its life.  Climate change is something humans rarely witness in their lifetime.   

I grew up in Ohio where the one or two-mile thick ice of the last Ice Age began to retreat about 10,000 years ago.  The weight of the ice pushing on Ohio applied pressure to the crust of the Earth. Since the ice melted over…

Is Homosexuality Caused by Waterborne Estrogen?       
  www.irenebaron.com      https://irenebaron.com/irene-baron-blog/blog/is-homosexuality-caused-by-waterborne-estrogen
 

Anything put on or in a human body eventually ends up in the ground water. Add to that the chemicals fed to or put on domestic animals and plants. Billions of tons of medicines and chemicals per year will eventually make their way to the water table, streams, rivers and oceans. Such chemicals have been found in ocean water at coastal…