Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Plastic People, Oh Baby Now ...

Just a few of a zillion things that have been put inside you w/o your knowledge, let alone consent:
Most recently, Bisphenol A (BPA), the synthetic chemical used in a variety of plastic consumer products, including some baby bottles, epoxy cements, the lining of tuna fish cans, and even credit card receipts, has been singled out as another everyday toxin increasingly found inside all of us.

Recent studies indicate that its effects are as varied as they are distressing. As Sarah Vogel of the Environmental Defense Fund has written, “New research on very-low-dose exposure to BPA suggests an association with adverse health effects, including breast and prostate cancer, obesity, neurobehavioral problems, and reproductive abnormalities.”

Teflon, or perfluorooctanoic acid, the heat-resistant, non-stick coating that has been sold to us as indispensable for pots and pans, is yet another in the list of substances that may be poisoning us, almost unnoticed. In addition to allowing fried eggs to slide right onto our plates, Teflon is in all of us, according to the Science Advisory Board of the Environmental Protection Agency, and “likely to be carcinogenic in humans.”
A nation of dead men walking. If they were born w/ legs.

2 comments:

Weird Dave said...

Mmmmmmmm..endocrine disruptors.

M. Bouffant said...

Endo Editor:
Check your breasts for swelling. Or your gonads for shrinkage. Just don't check for too long, if you know what we mean.