--there is beginning to be evidence in the developed world that given the still-stubborn rates of cancer (many of which I'm sure are linked to environmental toxins) and the obesity induced conditions such as Type II diabetes, kidney disease, and stroke, lifespan may have actually stopped increasing, and in some places may actually be DROPPING a bit . . .the biggest drop has come in Russia and other areas of the former Societ Union, in which there seem to be NO regulations on things anymore . . .

Lifespans are still rising in the developing world, except in places with high concentrations of HIV patients, but as those areas develop and degrade their own water, land and air, one wonders how long it will last . . .