We think we are smarter than or are not paying enough attention to evolution. Why do we allow industry to use approximately 100,000 industrial chemicals that have no known natural analogues? Do we really need these chemicals? The processes that use these industrial chemicals do not benefit us, they only benefit those that make money from them otherwise they wouldn't exist. In the meantime our bodies are trying to figure out what they are.
Our brains are constantly working to protect us from scaring ourselves to death. My goal is certainly not to work against that survival technique but I do think we should be aware. We really do need to take a very active role in what is allowed in our environment. 100, 000 "new" chemicals floating around in our environment is just too many. I personally think that one "new chemical" is one too many. Many chemicals that were once used in our environment have been banned because there was conclusive proof that they caused cancer. I say, lets not wait for conclusive proof.
The easiest and quickest way we can eliminate the new and unknown is to use our wallets. We can start with the simplest purchases, items we buy on a daily basis. Food!! Only buy organically grown food. We don't need food grown using "new" chemicals. Bodies like ours have been digesting food grown without unknown substances for hundreds of thousands of years, we don't need them.
Next, things you buy on a weekly basis, products you use to clean up the mess you made cooking and eating the food. Look at the labels on these cleaners. Do you recognize the ingredients? If not, don't buy them. We also have been cleaning up after ourselves for a long time without these super cleaners, we don't need them either.
Next week start with some other products you buy, clothes, etc. Take it one simple step at a time and you will be amazed how "green" you can get.
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