Some people seem to have a poison paranoia about synthetic chemicals.
2007-03-11 04:48:10 · 8 answers · asked by Ruth 2 in Environment
According to the EPA, there are over 75,000 artificial chemicals which have been created and manufactured over the past 60 years. They have had the resources to test 7% for safety and have found serious problems with every thing they've tested.
You have not had the time to "evolve" defenses against any of these chemicals. They include so-called "Xeno Estrogens" which mimic strong estrogen signals and are being blamed on three-legged frogs all over the US as well as endometriosis in young girls.
So the parania over synthetic chemicals is based on the clear data.
Yes, there are many many naturally occuring compounds which are poisonous too.
2007-03-11 05:00:28 · answer #1 · answered by David S 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't I too have the inalienable right to be free from man-made chemical exposure to my environment?
What gives you the right to claim chemical exposure is safe?
Before you go and drink a gallon of petrochemicals I'd find out what is going on with endocrine disrupters. The world has seen an increase in the population of trans-genders, the increase of their percentages is alarming, and it has been linked to pesticide use!
"Too many people are not smart anymore" What kind of answer is that?
2007-03-11 07:13:41 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natural chemicals are by nature in equilibrium with the biosphere. Otherwise we wouldn't be here talking about them.
Synthetic chemicals: we just don't know. And we can produce massive amount of the stuff. If we are not careful with their use, dramatic consequences could ensue before we even realise it.
2007-03-11 04:58:40 · answer #3 · answered by catarthur 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we spent a century assuming they were all perfectly safe- like lead based products- look how well that one worked out for us.
2007-03-11 05:28:31 · answer #4 · answered by locusfire 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why is crude oil such a bad thing when it is just a product of NATURE? After all it is just decomposed sea life?
2007-03-11 06:01:33 · answer #5 · answered by srthomsen90605 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because there are too many treehuggers who've convinced themselves that everything natural is good and everything artificial is bad. Too many people just aren't very smart anymore
2007-03-11 05:37:04 · answer #6 · answered by Dale K 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yeah, well tell them about cocaine and morphine...compounds which occur in nature, and used properly, are some of the best medicines around, used improperly...well you know the rest of the story
2007-03-11 04:56:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You can not sue Mother Earth.
2007-03-11 04:57:36 · answer #8 · answered by stitch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋