Analysis: Oregon Breast Milk Contaminated (with fire retardant)

AP ^ | 8/26/05

[pfony1]

Is this an unintended consequence of the "bra-burning" '60's?

[pfony1]

Is this an unintended consequence of the "bra-burning" '60's?

[EagleUSA]

The liberal kooks of Oregon -- incredible.

[Graymatter]

Paging Mrs. Doubtfire!

[anonymous_user]

The liberal kooks of Oregon -- incredible.

You mean inedible?

[ghost of nixon]

textbook enviro-scare press-release, uncritically released by the AP as news...

[RichInOC]

Well, that's a good thing. At least when they nurse after eating spicy food, the kids won't spontaneously combust.

[avg_freeper]

Help! Help! I'm on fire!

[r9etb]

One can certainly debate whether there's a real health risk, but the basic fact that the chemical is there is not at all surprising. Simply consider the number of huge forest fires in the NW over the past few years, and the correspondingly huge firefighting efforts. The retardant gets dropped in the mountains and washed into the watersheds, and so of course it gets into human tissues.

What's interesting, and of course will not be picked up on, is the fact that the envirowackos are probably most to blame for this: their "lawsuit to prevent logging" strategy is directly responsible for the fuel buildup that led to the largest fires, and thus to the contamination noted.

The law of unintended consequences is a powerful and fascinating thing.

[Atlas Sneezed]

The questions the article fails to answer: "SO WHAT?"

[Rebelbase]

Are all these women wearing 40 year old pajamas?

[r9etb]

Are all these women wearing 40 year old pajamas?

Nope -- merely reaping the benefits of the huge forest fires that have taken place in the NW over the past few years.

[Freebird Forever]

Interesting.

IIRC, the remote viewer Dr. Doom (Major Ed Dames) predicted that something like this was going to occur.

Apparently he's not always wrong.

[WKUHilltopper]

Oh for the love of . . .!! Well, look at it this way. You won't have to worry about spontaneous combustion...

[anonymous_user]

The law of unintended consequences is a powerful and fascinating thing.

I chuckle about environmentalist wackos and the law of unintended consequences whenever I fill my gas tank for $50.

[r9etb]

The enviros aren't the reason you're paying so much for gas. Part of the reason is that you chose a vehicle with a large gas tank. And part of the reason is that we're competing for oil with people in places like China.

[Gumlegs]

Look at the upside -- Oregon babies will have much lower rates of spontaneous combustion.

[GraniteStateConservative]

Memo to Oregon women: STOP DRINKING FLAME RETARDANTS!

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[anonymous_user]

The enviros aren't the reason you're paying so much for gas. Part of the reason is that you chose a vehicle with a large gas tank.

Thanks. I knew it was my fault. Or Bush's.