Posted on 06/13/2008 11:49:37 AM PDT by teacherwoes
LOL, now THAT’S funny!
You can put them in the washer with a couple of towels. They come out clean and fresh, and vinyl-y.
Wasn't that the line from Apocalypse Now?
Hang it on the clothes line for a day or two. Problem solved.
They forgot to include Tolerance Diversity and Puppies in their name.
“A study found that more than 100 chemicals are released by some curtains, and some are at levels that violate indoor air safety standards.”
I for one don’t give a dang.
So open it outside and let it air in the sun for an hour or two. Problem solved.
They would have cringed at some of the plastic molding toys I had as a kid.
The antique cat we have is a far greater menace. :)
Some people would likely faint in the presence of the smell a new vinyl product gives off.
Same people seem to be allergic to everything, including other humans, cats, dogs, grass, air, light, smoke, fire, water, milk, sugar, and salt.
Most people protect themselves from the ‘environment’ so much (Hepa Filtered AC, filter masks , etc.), that when they have to confront the environment, they have no built up defenses.
I say, if the vinyl curtain smell offends one’s sense of smell, get sliding glass doors on your shower.
This will be the next topic of bitching from the Katrina evacuees who are still enjoying taxpayer housing-—almost 3 years later.
Sure would like to personally thank President Johnson for all his efforts in the War On Poverty. He has created 4+++ generations of people who only know how to sit around and wait for a hand out. They surely do not recognise a hand up—only a hand out.
Do you also remember how water tasted when you squirted it into your mouth from your water pistol on a hot July day?
Yucky but nostalgic.
Yeah, kind of like the hose until the fresh water got to the nozzle.
I had these things where you mixed the polymers and then placed in these screaming hot molds to make cars and dinosaurs and such. Whew, even to a kid they stunk to high heaven.
This “study” was done using a single vinyl shower curtain. They didn’t test different brands, they didn’t test different batches of the same curtain, just one single curtain.
The chemical levels were still within EPA standards.
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5057141&page=1
I think this is a plot to get us all to stop showering to save the environment :-)
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