More feelbad stuff here today. i'm a little surprised by the number of people who still seem to think "pollution" and "environmental problems" have to do with litter. we've moved so far past litter that it seems like a garden party by comparison. what's going on now is not fastfood trash on the roadside, Wal-Mart bags hanging from the treebranches (yes, of course that's still going on, and worse than ever. but it's so minor compared with the REAL environmental problems.). some of what's going on now will be revealed to you here, where the Environmental Working Group's BodyBurden study documents the horrifying burden of chemicals each of us now carries in our blood, our cells. i first heard about this study, as about so many other things, on Bill Moyers NOW. he was a participant in the study, his results are on the site.
you can also take a little test, not a fun one (no movie stars, rock groups, historical personalities), to get a general idea of your own body's chemical burden. lots of technical data about the different chemicals, their harmful effects and so on. this is just from the things we absorb into our bodies in our daily life. those of us who live in places like Delaware must have 100 times the burden. the DuPont state! better living through chemistry!
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Gee, & they wonder why people are sicker these days than in the good old days....
That test is very sobering. We use those products every day without a second thought. Not to mention how much of it is washed down a drain. Then it gets a chance to take a second run at us.
Well, I'm certainly depressed now!
What's really depressing is the news articles lately about the high levels of chemicals in breast milk and in the umbilical cord.
I was about to write an entry about this, it was an eye-opening report. It's disconcerting that individually there's nothing we can do, but at least people will be made aware of the cumulative effect of an unhealthy lifestyle and an environment unprotected from industrial waste.
Very informative & much needed entry. What does it take to open eyes? Here in Dallas (rhymes w/MALICE) the city about to be sued by the EPA & lose funding because of water pollution; 1st time in history the Feds have gone after a city like this. The environment is now a non-issue in politics. Where the hell else are we supposed to live?
~Holly
wow. i had no idea about this suit. can you send me any kind of link for more info? if i read the DMN online will i find it? my sister hasn't said a word about it.
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