Deborah Harrell quoted: > > "A new report from the Danish Department of Environment, Food and > Rural Affairs (DEFRA), highlights the critical risks facing toddlers > from gender bending chemicals in everyday products. Chemicals like > phthalates (found in PVC and fragrances), > In fact, phthalates are found in PET, not PVC. PVC is polyvinylchlorine, the polymer of CH2=CHCl, PET is polyethyleneterephthalate, the copolymer of terephthalic acid and ethyleneglycol (with maybe some i/y changed - in Portuguese, there's no such distinction).
> "...Fewer boys are being born. > That's great news! The world needs less boys and more girls. Excess boys cause wars. > > Just as research has shown that even minute amounts of lead _do_ > affect neurological development/function, I think we will find that > miniscule quantities of multiple organic compounds adversely affect > humans in numerous ways. > I think it was established that benzene is carninogen. But I am not aware that phthalates, just because they are aromatic, are harmful. In fact, a few aminoacids are aromatic. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
