The Terrible Truth About Plastic You Never Knew

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Mikey_3 — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:58:30 GMT

another great site for information about plastics contamination is http://www.mindfully.org, mAINTAINED BY Paul Goettlich, which is currently unavailable, but you can still get most of it's contents from the Internet Archive's "Wayback Machine" at this address: web.archive.org/.../plastic.htm

he has a masterwork collection of articles on plastics and their poisonous effects archived there, and this is only the plastics section of the overall environmental website it is part of. JUST PUT THE main site name into the wayback machine at the Internet Archive to view all.

WAYBACK MACHINE TIP: some articles may not load, but if you back up and view other snapshots of the site taken by the wayback machine at different times, you can usually get one that has the specific article you want stored.

good luck

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Nancy A Evans — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:46:33 GMT

Interesting that I just cut an article out of the Tucson Citizen with the title:" FDA: Widely used plastic hardener is not dangerous". Amid ongoing safety concerns from parents, consumer groups and polititions, federal regulators said Friday that a chemical used in baby bottles, canned food and other items is not dangerous."

"Food and Drug Administration scientists said the trace amounts of bisphenol A that leach out of food containers are not a threat to infants or adults. The agency acknowledged that more research is needed." (my exclamation points!!!!)

And on and on. However: "environmental groups criticized the agency's findings which they said relied on industry-funded studies."

"It's ironic FDA would chose to ignore dozens of studies funded by (the National Institutes of Health)--this country's best scientists-- and instead rely on flawed studies from industry,"said Pete Myers, chief scientist for Environmental Health Sciences."....

"Myers said the agency disregarded recent stucies of bisphenol's effects included in the federal National Toxicology Program's April draft report."

"That group's review of animal studies suggested low doses of bisphenol can cause changes in behavior and the brain, and that it may reduce survival and birth weight in fetuses."

WHEN WILL THE MISINFORMATION STOP???

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Krispy Poodle — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:45:22 GMT

I have been using Soap Nuts for laundry with a great deal of success. If you want to cut down on waste and chemical residue these soap nuts are terrific.

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bgaron — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 05:56:46 GMT

Almost every one of our cell phones are made out of plastic as well as our contact lenses.

What now?

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Julia Owens — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:19:35 GMT

C Ed Wright-

For your comment half way down on page 2: My husband believes the Chinese strategy to win a war against the U.S. is to first drive us crazy with their defective products, parts and instructions. I'm sure anyone on this blog has at some point had to put together some product made in China. Our last venture- a table top B-BQ Grill. It was missing 3 spacers needed to keep the side handles cool and out away from the metal. Unfortunately I bought it last year off season and stowed it in the garage, so I can not return it:-( Lesson learned! The good news is my husband has become very effective at decoding Chinese instructions. Maybe that "skill" will come in handy in the future "war";-p

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Julia Owens — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:09:26 GMT

C Ed Wright-

For your comment on bottom of page 1: I‘ve used the "reply" button before only to have my "reply" end up somewhere else. Today when I hit the "reply" button nothing happens. So I have resorted to referring to the page and general location of the comment so others know what I‘m commenting on.

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Keikukaren — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:41:19 GMT

Whenever I store leftovers in the refrigerator, they go into a glass bowl covered with a Corelle plate. I don't need to use plastic wrap anymore and I don't use plastic containers. If I slip a plate of something into the frig, I just sort of flip-flop the routine and cover the plate with the bowl. If I start running out of dishes, I know I need to eat those leftovers ;P

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westeffer — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:25:29 GMT

Anyone notice recently that virtually all humidifier filters contain microbide? This winter I had a huge allergic reaction when I changed the humidifier filter. All filters now are made with it.

I also have noticed that the plastc of the new units is now impregnated with Micobicide. Even foar ear plugs now contain microbicide. Microbicides are used in the petroleum industry to kill microbes that grow in fuel. Micobicides are generally dangerous neurotoxins. Why would anyone with a brain use a dangerous substance like that on the public?

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Wizdum — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:53:53 GMT

Plastic cradles, plastic cars, plastic coffins, there you have it.

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RadiantTara — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:05:39 GMT

You can decrease household waste by composting or giving your scraps to a local farm that does, then what you actually need to put in the eco-friendly garbage bags shrinks significantly. Even some papers can get composted.

I receive a lot of mail and shipments. Since my mail and boxes go to my PO Box I open everything right there, even boxes, I take my reusable grocery bags and empty my boxes at the post office, I leave behind all the packing materials, they are equipped to recycle and for what a stamp cost these days I feel I am already paying for that service.

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Pjmont — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:20:54 GMT

Shouldn't you really add "Cell Food" drops to any reverse osmosis made water since EVERYTHING is stripped from the water. These typically have added minerals, enzymes, dissolved Oxygen (this will rid your body of pesticides and plastics I believe), Plant Source Amino Acids (along with Vitamin C this is the best for your skin) and usually some added "Purified" Water or Seawater which should help restore all the drinking water it contacts with to the right H-H-O bond angle. In the same vain as the Japanese scientist who wrote a book about how saying some thing nice to the water will keep things alive longer that it goes into. But yeah I still get the Spring water in the #2 HDPE and still wheel my recycle bin to be collected and even have vowed to support "No Waste" events (more common now) and bring home things in my car when there is no place to recyle them.

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eevathediva — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:04:06 GMT

Prepare to toss out computer and entertainment systems. What about medical instruments like IV's, catheters, feeding tubes, etc, that come in contact with acids in bodily fluids? Do they not leech unsafe chemicals into the body?

What about the dust and debri that goes into manufacturing these products? Do they not get into our atmosphere? There are no safe levels of toxic substances. The very word "toxic" means unsafe and destructive.

When an organization produces toxic substances and persons become ill, that organization should be charged with ATTEMPTED murder. Because they were aware that the substances were unsafe. If a person dies as a result of contact with any manufactured toxin, the organization should be charged with murder. Who within the organization should be punished? Founders, Chairpersons, Engineers, Scientists, Stockholders and any upper level personnel, all should receive death by hanging. Lower level personnel should receive corporal punishment by way of flogging, because they ignorantly chose to participate in the destruction of this planets organisms. WHY? For a paycheck.

With all the damage that organisms endured on this planet for the sake of economic prosperity, what do the readers on mercola think will be the result of such an endeavor? Our synthetic lifestyle is disrupting the rhythmic balance of nature. "Lesser" animals aren't to blame. A self proclaimed "higher" animal is at fault.

Another thing, If these chemicals are destroying organisms of this planet on the genetic level, what should be done to prevent the destruction of untainted organisms? HYPOTHETICALLY: If there were an ALL powerful group of highly intelligent beings charged with the preservation of life giving energy, what might these beings do to save the untainted organisms and preserve life? Every item produced with toxic substances is a blight on this planet, and should not exist.

A SIMPLE, HUMBLE life is the BEST life.

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geobio — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:53:26 GMT

Has anyone thought about the fact that the entire insides of most of our refrigerators are made of *plastic*?!

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CCurtis — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:37:47 GMT

Sorry, C Ed Wright -- I guess I got a bit dislectic and mis-spelled your name.

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CCurtis — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:32:54 GMT

Dear E. C. Wright

You should know that my "Reply" button under each individual posting has not worked in ages. If I want to reply to a post, I have to use the "Add your comment" instead. Perhaps others are having this problem and Mercola.com can check into this.