Hi there, welcome to the start of another weeks worth of Levy Letters. I hope you had a good weekend. The weather was certainly on our side, but judging by the dank weather this morning, perhaps that was the last burst of sunshine for this year! Whatever you got up to, then I hope you enjoyed yourself.
It was a good weekend of TV too with the start of that new BBC series Merlin and Strictly Come Dancing. Both series Im sure will become very popular. What are you watching at the moment that youre enjoying? What about Amazon with Bruce Parry? that series started this week as well. And it was quite an eye opening with the explorer visiting the cocaine farms along the banks of the Amazon river. And there was a very dramatic part when the producer of the programme fell ill with what turned out to be an abscess on the brain. All very dramatic in the programme, especially because the crew were miles from anywhere and they had to wait for the helicopter to arrive. Im sure thatll be a very interesting programme to watch. Whatever youre enjoying on the TV, then let me know, Id love to hear from you. Plastic Packaging Well, weve looked a great deal at the problem of all the packaging for food thats bought from supermarkets and how much we need to recycle. Ive read now though that higher levels of a chemical often found in plastic food and drink packaging are associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Thats according to a new study. This is all about a chemical called Bisphenol A or BPA and in this study theyve monitored levels of this chemical in a groups urine samples and found that if its present, then theyre twice as likely to have diabetes or heart disease. So far studies have not shown that BPA can cause these conditions, but its a concern as scientists have previously found that 90% of people in the US have this chemical in their bodies. As well as being present in packaging, people can be exposed to BPA in drinking water, on their skin and in household dust. So there you go. Scientists are monitoring a chemical found in food packaging. Stonehenge I talked about this in the Letter quite a long time ago now, but said that the BBC were filming a very special archaeological dig at Stonehenge which should show once and for all how and why this mysterious edifice was built. Its all part of a Timewatch special programme to be broadcast on Saturday 27th September. The findings so far are that archaeologists have pinpointed the construction of Stonehenge to 2300 BC. This date is said to be the most accurate date yet and means the rings original bluestones were put up 300 years later than previously thought. The purpose for the huge edifice is unknown still, but evidence has been found suggesting it was built as a centre for healing, although others say that the monument was a shrine to worship ancestors or a calendar to mark the solstices. So if youre interested in archaeology, then this Saturday therell be a special Timewatch programme all about the mysterious origins of the monument. Thanks for reading the Letter. If theres anything youd like to get in touch with me about, then send me an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take care, Peter Your email address will be held by the BBC and kept confidential, and will only be used in relation to this newsletter. You will be given the option to unsubscribe from this newsletter each time you receive it. Please visit the BBC's Privacy & Cookies Policy (www.bbc.co.uk/privacy) for more information And for the latest news and more where you live, go to: http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the BBC Look North newsletter, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/newsletter/newsletter_index.shtml, enter your email address in the unsubscribe box. Your email address will be held by the BBC and kept confidential, and will only be used in relation to this newsletter. You will be given the option to unsubscribe from this newsletter each time you receive it. Please visit the BBC's Privacy & Cookies Policy (www.bbc.co.uk/privacy) for more information.
