Comments on: THE CHEMICAL SOUP WE LIVE IN

By: Paris

Paris — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:21:32 +0000

This ” a day in the life” is absolutely wonderfully written. IT’s both sad and true. As a child of this era I’ve grown up like that, just as my cousins and siblings. With this chemical soup we soak in, is it just a sad chance that my mom died at 40 of a hormone related cancer, that my has never had periods, that I have also hormonal imbalance, and that as we reach adulthood, more and more of my cousins (father side, so genetically unrelated to my mom) are discovered to be either sterile, or suffering painfull hormone ilnesses? Is it coincidence?

By: Elaine W

Elaine W — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:12:40 +0000

I am appalled to find that the top search on GOOGLE for Multiple Chemical Sensitivity has it as a psychosomatic illness. Let’s get more and proper information out there so that the first hit sin’t the corporate propoganda.

By: Dave Pollard

Dave Pollard — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 23:43:14 +0000

Caroline: Maybe I’m tuning in at the wrong times, but all I get is inane blather. I’ll keep trying, though, thanks for the link. BTW — audio doesn’t work on Mozilla browsers.Derek: It’s a challenge, isn’t it? I remember when people here had to retrofit all their lead and lead-soldered piping with ‘clean, safe’ PVC — hah, little did they know…GB: Thanks. It’s been a tough week here on the comments of HtStW. I guess even the right-wingers can’t find anything to argue about on reducing chemical dangers.

By: gbreez

gbreez — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 22:35:59 +0000

Thank you. I wish that this could be posted as required reading material by all humans. Well, for that matter, I would like your entire blog to be required reading material for all humans. :)

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 05:51:46 +0000

Ok, so lets check out some of these things and see what we get:Toxics: 340 houses (1%) in my county have high risk of lead hazard. Otherwise, the county is ranked among the cleanest.AIR: In 1999, this county ranked among the dirtiest/worst 10% of all counties in the U.S. Also, based on EPA’s most current data this county ranked among the cleaner 5% of all counties, while at the same time, 90,939 people in this County face a cancer risk more than 100 times the goal set by the Clean Air Act.Major pollutants are Barium and Manganese (1,900,000 pounds as of 2001), due to the fact that the Navahos operate a Coal power station about 210 miles away. As much as I’d like that thing to go away, the Navahos are their own Nation, so local politics isn’t going to have much of an impact.Overall a confusing experience and not much call to action.On the household side we do what we can. I cook in stainless steel, or reheat using stoneware plates. I wrap things in wax paper. I make or buy natural wood toys for the kids. But in some cases there’s just no good answer. Water pipes? PVC has its problems, but so does copper (we have copper pipes and those things leach like nobody’s business). In many cases the harmful materials are serving a genuine need, consumers just need to have practical alternatives.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:44:58 +0000

Came across your blog while doing some political research...I thought you'd be interested in this website:http://www.renegadetalkradio.comIt's internet-only radio based in the U.S, free of FCC regulation, and devoted to freedom of speech. Renegade is not necessarily a liberal talk network, but has been reviewed as doing liberal talk better than Air America.