Quoted message said:Subject: Re: Wake Up America!
From: Peter Bowditch [email hidden]
Date: 8/27/2003 12:21 AM Pacific Standard Time
Message-id: <[email hidden]>(Jan) said:The CDC's report is expected to pull into the spotlight some of the most
serious-yet ignored-health concerns facing Americans today.That would be the CDC with the vested interests, wouldn't it?
In vaccines, yes.
How can anybody believe what they say?
You seem to believe the parts that suit you and deny the rest. That's a problem
with organized medicine brainwashing.
It is way past time to get serious about the yet ignored health concerns.
WHY are they being ignored??
EGO?? MONEY??
We can't be wrong <grasp> attitude??
While countless people are still suffering.
And what are these ignored concerns??
**health effects of toxic chemicals.**
**Toxics under
scrutiny will include lead, mercury, and uranium; the breakdown products (or
metabolites) of several organophosphate pesticides (about half of all
insecticides used in the US); phthalate metabolites (additives found in
plastics, particularly polyvinyl chloride-PVC); and cotinine (a breakdown
product of nicotine). **
"This report should be a wake-up call for the American public.
***We've known for a long time that chemicals such as lead, mercury and
organophosphate pesticides
are among the most toxic on earth, but until now comprehensive data were
missing," says McGinn. "I believe the new data will give us a much more
complete picture of how these chemicals damage people." **
BUT THE DEBUNKERS DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT, AND DON'T CARE!!!
****A recent study by the National Academy of Sciences suggest that as many as
one out of four developmental and behavioral problems in children today may be
linked to genetic and environmental factors, including neurotoxic compounds
such as lead, mercury, and organophosphate pesticides.
(http://www.nap.edu/books/0309070864/html/) ****
Does that concern the debunkers??
NO, they DENY it!!
"It's time to adopt the precautionary principle in regulating **toxic
chemicals**,"
McGinn says. "Instead of waiting for the tragic effects, we need to require
manufacturers to show a chemical is safe before we begin releasing huge
quantities into the environment. And we should move quickly to adopt safer
substitutes where they exist."
Chemicals and health risks Lead Lead is found in lead-based paint, old pipes,
electronics, lead-glazed pottery, and contaminated soil.
**It is a well-recognized reproductive and developmental toxin. It reduces
fertility and can cause miscarriage.**
Mercury
Inorganic mercury is used in electrical equipment and some fungicides.
**Mercury is also used in dental fillings.** Incineration of medical waste,
batteries, fluorescent bulbs, and other products emits mercury. Organic mercury
is the most dangerous form because it is absorbed into the body and crosses the
brain and placenta easily. Most organic mercury exposure comes from eating
fish high on the food chain, such as tuna, swordfish, shark and pike.
** Like lead, mercury is a reproductive and neurological toxin.**
AND DENTISTS ARE DUMPING IT EVERYDAY!!!
Organophosphate pesticides
Organophosphate pesticides account for about half of all insecticides used in
the United States. They are sprayed on crops including corn, cotton, fruits,
and vegetables, and used in household pest control products and lawn and garden
sprays. They are derived from phosphoric acid and were developed as nerve
agents during WWII. Last summer, the US Environmental Protection Agency
cancelled registrations of many uses of chlorpyrifos—which was widely sprayed
on fruits and vegetables to kill insects and is used in termite control and
lawn care products—citing health risks to children. 77 million pounds of
organophosphates are used annually.
Phthalates
Phthalates are additives in plastics, particularly polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
plastic, which give plastics a range of characteristics from flexibility to
flame retardation. Because phthalates are not chemically bonded to the plastic,
they can leak into the environment. In wildlife and laboratory animals, they
have been linked to reproductive health effects including reduced fertility,
miscarriage, birth defects, abnormal sperm counts, and testicular damage, as
well as liver and kidney cancer. Over 1 billion pounds are produced in the US
annually.
Cotinine
Cotinine provides an indication of nicotine exposure. Two-thirds of smoke
from cigarettes is not inhaled by smokers but is released into the surrounding
air. As a result, nonsmokers breathe in the same toxic chemicals in tobacco
smoke as the smokers do, with similar, although smaller effects. Some 4,000
toxic chemicals-including 50 known carcinogens-have been identified in
cigarette smoke, including benzene, cyanide, cadmium, lead, radioactive
polonium, benzo(a)pyrene, ammonia, carbon monoxide, and nicotine. These
chemicals can cause cancer, heart disease and asthma, among other diseases.
RELATED INFORMATION:
Read more about Anne Platt McGinn's research paper, Why Poison Ourselves: A
Precautionary Approach to Synthetic Chemicals at
http://www.worldwatch.org/alerts/001118.html
Oakland Tribune story Striking drop in second-hand smoke exposure But CDC study
finds rise in phthalates chemicals in humans
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Anne Platt McGinn - Senior Researcher, Email: [email hidden]
Leanne Mitchell-Public Relations Specialist, Email: [email hidden]
Worldwatch Institute
1776 Massachusetts Ave NW
Washington, DC 20036
telephone: 202 452-1999
fax: 202 296-7365
e-mail [email hidden]
or visit our website www.worldwatch.org
WHICH ones are YOU concerned about Peter???
Or is it just that you would like to belittle Jan, and sluff it off?!?!
That is truly EVIL, with NO regard for others' health problems.
Jan
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil,
but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
Albert Einstein