Posted on 11/29/2016 9:56:25 AM PST by Olog-hai
The Environmental Protection Agency has released a list of toxic chemicals that will be the first reviewed under a recently enacted law that gives regulators increased authority to ban substances shown to endanger human health. […]
The list includes such common chemicals as asbestos and trichloroethylene that have for decades been known to be hazardous, yet EPA lacked the legal authority necessary to ban their manufacture or use. …
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Yep and obviously needs serious regulation since it can be deadly with either too much or too little present./s
I inhaled a small amount of DHMO once and almost died.
By far, Dihydrogen Monoxide is the compound most responsible for climate change; much MUCH moreso than carbon dioxide.
“Fact: SOMETHING(S)”
That’s actually a suspicion.
One thing to note over the past 100 years is the increased life expectancy, mostly due to decreased infant mortality, but also, obviously, to more advanced medicine and technology.
So, you could theorize that part of the reason we see many different things today is:
-People that would’ve died 100 years ago in childhood survived childhood today only to develop another condition later in life.
-An older population would likely correspond to an increased number of elderly ailments (like alzheimers).
Plastic vapors emitting from within automobiles and homes has always been a concern to me.
As far as damaging brains, that 6x8 that whacked me in the forehead a month ago has done more damage than chewing on lead pellets.
I agree-and think the overuse of pharmaceuticals from an early age is a big factor for the increase in illness, too-antibiotics all the time, drugs for every little thing, etc. Also, a lot of kids practically start life consuming processed foods-that is certainly not sensible. I chose to live the natural drug free lifestyle I grew up with-on a ranch-my choice, but I would not force it on anyone-not my business...
I’m a believer in sensible conservation of natural resources-but I’m no envirowacko, and I think the EPA needs to be totally defunded, then start over with a SMALL agency that addresses conservation and education rather than all these business killer regulations...
Because of a couple of of rivers, lots of creeks and a big lake that all feed a couple of huge aquifers, the county fines you bigtime for the use of any pesticides/herbicides that are not bio-safe-we voted for it, and no one has a problem with that-most of us grow as much of our own food as we are able, it is organic, natural-which does not mean it is grown in raw crap or sewage, like some think-I guess there are people who don’t know what “compost” really is...
You do not see many overweight people out here-odds are that the ones you see are tourists-and you certainly don’t see overweight kids like you do in the city-kids here are eating fresh food, not processed crap-and the nearest fast food is a DQ 20 miles away...
Everyone out here does organic-I can assure you there is no raw crap or sewage in the compost and mulch we use-but we do scoop up buckets of river silt and muck when it floods in spring and early summer to spread on the veggie beds-I’m sure there is fish s*** in that, but no one has gotten sick from it...
YET they ignore the industrial solvent, dihydrogen monoxide, (which has killed more people than the Bhopal incident) from being dumped in to our rivers and oceans.
Priorities.
Asbestos is a GREAT material. Don’t breathe it in. Don’t huff paint. Don’t immerse yourself in di-hydrogen oxide.
Why not just make all the elements illegal?
I just thought other than cure the mosquito borne epidemics around the world, we might also help solve the deer tick lyme disease epidemic.
Not to mention one of the deadliest forces in nature—the earth's gravitational field. Here in Colorado it kills many people, especially in mountainous areas.
Good point, but people living longer now has been ruled out. The percentage of octogenarians with Alzheimer’s is way up.
I am sorry. Yes, blunt force trauma is effective, isn’t it?
An adult son of a friend is suffering severe brain damage from a car accident (his fault, he was driving drunk) and for 3-4 months there was not much improvement. Right now he is starting to improve, better memory, better control of his moods.
Re the new car smell: it is quite toxic. Sometimes kids will vomit after entering a new car, to the chagrin of the owner.
Sounds so great where you are. I agree, we don’t need a huge profit sucking entity in the EPA, but we do need some form of research into some of the toxins around us. Hard to come up with funds that aren’t compromised.
OSHA and the worker’s compensation boards are working to have SILICA listed as a dangerous substance. Really.
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