DISQUS

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

I've read the average person has over 80 industrial chemicals in his or her body at one time, just because of the products he or she uses or is exposed to every day.

http://dremilykane.com/2007/11/29/industrial-ch...

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2003-04-23-...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/22/body...

Õ¿Õ · 1 year ago

Anybody seen my inhaler?

Busboy · 1 year ago

Is he a hobbit looking guy with webbed feet? ;-)

loona_c · 1 year ago

I've recently been diagnosed with a serious autoimmune disease. As I read more about the disease and a.i diseases, apparently there is an "epidemic" of a.i. diseases. But, unlike cancer (also considered an a.i disease) they don't have to be reported, so there is no way of telling how many people have these. But there is strong evidence that all these chemicals, pesticides, additives are contributing factors in these diseases. A.I. diseases have really escalated in proportion to the industrial revolution and beyond.

Õ¿Õ · 1 year ago

I don't use any so-called household cleaners in here. I wont even let them spray in my apartment. There's a spider up in the corner and she takes care of things. Through winter and summer, she's there. We persevere. They will do that if you let them and you'll save alot on having them spray and being exposed to the toxins. I would recommend you clean your home down really well with some natural cleaners like vinegar and then let them come in.

Õ¿Õ · 1 year ago

They sent me a notice about a year ago saying that they have to be able to spray inside. Fine. I answered the door in a thong and the guy hasn't been back. Nor has he notified the office here to make me let him in. Uh, not that I look bad in a thong, mind you.

CarolSA · 1 year ago

I recently read the book Exposed: Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power by Mark Schapiro:

http://www.amazon.com/Exposed-Chemistry-Everyda...

The EU is way ahead of us in protecting citizens. Makes sense to me that if Johnson & Johnson et al have to produce healthy products for their EU customers, they would just sell us all the healthy products - no? No. We still get the chemical laden products... This is a travesty. Big Bidness rules, again, in the US.

Õ¿Õ · 1 year ago

And I've put many geikos that are multiplying loose in my garden that eat the insects like roaches if they try to come in and for everybody else here, too. They're crawling all over this building at night.

Õ¿Õ · 1 year ago

The spider you'll get up in the corner is the type you want. It has like a permanent disorganized looking web. Fat body with long legs and she moves really slowly. I also have some secretive little fuckers that live under the bed and elsewhere in the dark. One bit me once but no big deal. It cleared up. I don't too much care for those but you take the good with the bad. But the type that lives out in the open in the top corner spiders will never bite you.

Õ¿Õ · 1 year ago

I much rather have those than the constant barage of toxins the pest control people expose you to. Ever notice how painters and pest control people all seem to be crazy and in a buggy agitated way? I live in an apartment complex and have never had roaches or any bugs in here that last very long.

Õ¿Õ · 1 year ago

Those corner spiders also remove mosquitos that get in when you open your door.

glasses_guys_mom · 1 year ago

you still live in an apartment? how quaint! maybe like the rest of us you can get a real job and a place without roaches.

Delia · 1 year ago

Organic food stores have all sorts of safe household cleaners. The ones that are based on citrus oils seem to me to be best at cutting grease. I still find I need bleach, but that's the only industrial product I can't do without. There are also lots of products available to help you with organic home gardening. You don't need to use industrial fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides. Just start doing some research or find some stores that will help you.

Õ¿Õ · 1 year ago

Mother Earth and her littlest creatures are our friends. They shouldn't be seen as something to wipe out. They will treat you wonderfully if you let them. Or you can basically douse yourself in chemicals to prevent something harmless. Up to you.

loona_c · 1 year ago

A link from MSN home page about a lead cancer specialist advising his medical staff to avoid cell phones because of brain cancer. I specifically like his comment that studies don't YET show a correlation between brain cancer and cell phone usage--"but studies take too long" and it's better to be overly cautious.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25821899

jr · 1 year ago

these corporations see us as useless eaters congesting the roads and making them take 5 minutes later to get to their country clubs. They want us all dead

Delia · 1 year ago

Well, I don't think they want us dead. We can't buy stuff from them if we're dead.

One more thing: Plastics. If you use your microwave a lot for cooking, make sure you throw away your plastic heating containers that leak toxins into your food, and get some tempered glass containers, like pyrex, that are microwave-safe. I bought a set last year and it's great. Too bad I didn't know about this ages ago. Pyrex is still made in the US, too.

good_chemistry · 1 year ago

The report does a disservice to legitimate complaints of asthma, MCS, poor hazard notification, and lack of transparency on ingredients of houshold consumer products because it is misleading. Taking materials to a lab and getting an analysis is not the same as knowing what is in the product. Chloromethane is a gas, definitely not an "ingredient" of any of these products, and likely an artificial consequence of the analysis itself (decomposition of the cationic surfactants in the analytical instrument). 1,4-Dioxane is possibly the same thing resulting from decomposition of ethoxylated compounds (common surfactants) if they are present. The study lists ethanol as a carcinogen??? It also lists isopropyl alcohol, which is also an ingredient in rubbing alcohol - give me a break (however, some MCS people may be affected). Most people are exposed much more to isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, and acetone in other daily activities than from these products. The study only looks at the analysis, not at the actual ingredients which do have hazards or consequences. Why not study those instead of an arbitrary analysis? An exception in the study is that It lists benzaldehyde, the flavor component in almonds and almond extract and an obvious ingredient. A little bit is pleasant (if you want almond smell), but like a lot of things, it is overdone. In larger quantities, benzaldehyde is sickly - I have smelled some of those air fresheners. Now we are getting closer to some real issues. How many times have you stayed in a sickly sweet hotel room only to gradually smell tobacco or B.O. overnight? Have you washed your clothes only to have them disgust you all day from the artificial fragrance? Of course, these are minor compared to the real danger posed to people with asthma or MCS. Anyway, the point is this poorly done study is distracting from the real issues: cultural and behavioral use of fragrances, chemical sensitivity, asthma, allergy, hazard communication: the actual hazards of common products, all of which do need study and consideration.