Why are products that contribute to deterioration of our environment still being sold in stores? Any, why do people buy them? They make people sick, cause cancer, asthma, liver disease, birth defects, thyroid disorders and then go into our waste stream to continue causing even more damage. Why do you use this stuff?

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8 months ago

Spam? How is this spam?
How about triclosan? It%26#039;s in almost all of our body care and cleaning products and reacts to create chloroform gas - a known carcinogen, when used with chlorinated water. How stupid is that?

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...
Environmental Release Rate
About 75% of a potent bacteria-killing chemical that people flush down their drains survives treatment at sewage plants, and most of that ends up in sludge spread on farm fields, according to Johns Hopkins University research. Every year, it says, an estimated 200 tons of two compounds — triclocarban and triclosan — are applied to agricultural lands nationwide.
SUNFLOWER NATURALS COMMENT: Keep in mind that the other 25% is absorbed by our bodies and left in our home environment...

8 months ago

Association between personal exposure to volatile organic compounds and asthma among US adult population.
Division of Health Services Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 3601 4th St, STOP 8161, Lubbock, TX, 79430, USA
Quote: OBJECTIVES: There is growing concern about adverse respiratory health effects from exposure to indoor air pollution. The purpose of this study was to analyze association between exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOC) and asthma in adults. CONCLUSION: In this cross-sectional study of a representative sample of the US population, environmental exposures to VOCs, especially aromatic compounds, were associated with adverse respiratory effects.

Triclosan is a volitale organic compound.

8 months ago

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...
Danger feared from chemicals getting into bay Published July 11, 2007:
Chemicals found in household products like antibacterial soap and plastic bottles are found in sewage water that is discharged into San Francisco Bay, posing a threat to wildlife and humans, according to new data....The inspectors found three types of chemicals -- phthalates, bisphenol A and triclosan. All are suspected of interfering with hormone systems of humans and wildlife...%26quot;We%26#039;re involved because we know that these compounds are out there, and we cannot treat them in the wastewater stream,%26quot; said Charles Hardy, EBMUD spokesman.

8 months ago

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez...
Effect on Thyroid
%26quot;Additionally, the evidence that organochlorine chemicals, particularly the ubiquitous triclosan, activate hPXR suggests that these environmental chemicals may, in part, exhibit their endocrine disruptor activities by altering PXR-regulated steroid hormone metabolism with potential adverse health effects in exposed individuals.%26quot;

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Please list %26quot;them%26quot; or is it just every thing sold in stores? 27% 3 Votes

Other Answers (8)

• The only liver-wrecking product that I know is one I%26#039;m heading to purchase right now! 9% 1 Vote
• They are sold because people buy them. People buy them because they have decided that they are most effective for their purchase. They use them because they either need or want the end results they give. This is how the free market works. 0% 0 Votes
• Well, do your share and don%26#039;t buy them. Manufacturers won%26#039;t make a product that doesn%26#039;t sell. . Also man is an ever mutating animal , as are all other living things. Up to the late 18 hundreds, we had been drinking water from the lakes and rivers. No matter how pure you think it was back then, it was laced with cyanide, arsenic and all other minerals and many components of chemicals. There are very few products out there that are totally safe for everyone at all doses, even home grown food stuffs. As i said at the start , Just do your share. 9% 1 Vote
• Organic vegetables create pollution after you eat them. You want them banned too? 9% 1 Vote
• Because we want to. 9% 1 Vote
• That%26#039;s the wonderful American government for you. People buy those things because it%26#039;s affordable and convenient. 9% 1 Vote
• Spam alert!!
  
  Please fill us in on some details because it%26#039;s rather irritating to us mere mortals to comprehend wtf you are talking about. 0% 0 Votes