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Index of Subjects --94eb2c146cb41ee5ec054987d7b6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I'm quite fond of 'Slow Death by Rubber Duck' by Smith and Laurie. Long title: How the Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects our Health The authors take you along with case studies and some experiments on themselves (or so-called 'body burden' tests) about everything from brominated upholstery to microwaveable plastics. -chris kennedy in Dartmouth On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Paul Ruggles <cpruggles@eastlink.ca> wrote: > Have you read Elizbeth Kolbert's 2014 "The Sixth Extinction" Joan? > It tells an even more serious environmental threat than DDT. > > We seem to still have a hopelessly naive view of our relationship to our > environment - so business interests trump concern for our endangered planet. > > Maybe I should have capitalized "trump" ?? > > Paul R. > > On 2017-02-26, at 11:45 AM, waldrojo@ns.sympatico.ca wrote: > > > After watching the PBS bio of Rachel Carson, I decided to re read Silent > Spring, her book that exposed all the DDT and other killing chemicals of > our world. Does anyone know if someone has updated the info in the book to > today's chemical usage. > > Thanks > > Joan Waldron > > > > Sent from my iPad > > --94eb2c146cb41ee5ec054987d7b6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div>I'm quite fond of 'Slow Death by Ru= bber Duck' by Smith and Laurie.<br><br></div>Long title: How the Toxic = Chemistry of Everyday Life Affects our Health<br><br></div>The authors take= you along with case studies and some experiments on themselves (or so-call= ed 'body burden' tests) about everything from brominated upholstery= to microwaveable plastics.<br><br></div><div>-chris kennedy in Dartmouth<b= r></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On = Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Paul Ruggles <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href= =3D"mailto:cpruggles@eastlink.ca" target=3D"_blank">cpruggles@eastlink.ca</= a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0= 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Have you read Elizbe= th Kolbert's 2014 "The Sixth Extinction" Joan?<br> It tells an even more serious environmental threat than DDT.<br> <br> We seem to still have a hopelessly naive view of our relationship to our en= vironment - so business interests trump concern for our endangered planet.<= br> <br> Maybe I should have capitalized "trump" ??<br> <br> Paul R.<br> <div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br> On 2017-02-26, at 11:45 AM, <a href=3D"mailto:waldrojo@ns.sympatico.ca">wal= drojo@ns.sympatico.ca</a> wrote:<br> <br> > After watching the PBS bio of Rachel Carson, I decided to re read Sile= nt Spring, her book that exposed all the DDT and other killing chemicals of= our world. Does anyone know if someone has updated the info in the book to= today's chemical usage.<br> > Thanks<br> > Joan Waldron<br> ><br> > Sent from my iPad<br> <br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> --94eb2c146cb41ee5ec054987d7b6--
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