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- creez0
agent orange
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- creez0
who are the real pussies here?, south americans or yanks?
- Meeklo0
looks like a good documentary, I wonder if its going to be shown on pbs
- harlequino0
Anyone else find it amusing that a company that provides phallic symbols is accused of causing infertility?
- designbot0
sadly, this kind of thing probably happens all the time and we never hear about it.
- designbot0
If the chemicals are that harmful to the workers, it can't be good for us to be eating those bananas either.
- in the long run is probably bad. yes.akrokdesign
- may be connected to the # of cancer casesbrandelec
- fuck you're smart!oey
- scarabin0
mmm. had a tasty banana for breakfast today.
- exador10
just one of those things that seem unconnected...but are just examples of long term effects that no one saw coming....
bucketloads of pesticides.... suddenly, in the last generation, we've got things like bizzare allergies to peanuts for chrissakes....
remember when we were kids?...a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich was a regular lunch feature for most of us...
now?...they ban that shit at schools like it was a firearm...i get the feeling a lot of this is an accumulative effect...it may not get you this generation, but enough given enough time, maybe that shit gets passed on and multiplied or something..i dunno...
but yeah...
to bring it back to what designbot was saying, all the pesticides sure as hell can't be good for anyone....
- lowimpakt0
"Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are chemical substances that persist in the environment, bioaccumulate through the food web, and pose a risk of causing adverse effects to human health and the environment.
This group of priority pollutants consists of pesticides (such as DDT), industrial chemicals (such as polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs) and unintentional by-products of industrial processes (such as dioxins and furans)."
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/…
in addition to this
"Industry currently uses thousands of chemicals, in products ranging from shampoo to cars, that have not been tested for their effect on human health and the environment. It is left to public health authorities to test those that they think may be hazardous - but only 140 chemicals have been selected for risk assessment since 1993, and even fewer have completed the process. "
- lowimpakt0
in relation the the REACH legislation the European Commission have intorduced
"The European Commission has estimated that Reach will cost industry between 2.8bn and 5.2bn euros (between £1.5bn and £3.5bn) over 11 years. Other estimates put the figure as high as 12.8bn euros (£8.6bn).
However, the Commission also calculates that Reach would save Europe 54bn euros (£36bn) over 30 years because fewer people would fall ill as a result of exposure to chemicals. University College London has come up with an even higher figure - 284bn euros (£191bn) over 30 years - by including losses in production. "
from the BBC link above.
additional info - http://ec.europa.eu/environment/…
- sikma0
yikes.
- kgvs720
The only thing with these class action suits, is the money that the lawyers rake in. I mean look at Tobacco settlements, asbestos, silicon implants, etc.
- kona0
that shit was bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
- HAHAHAHAHAHAJackRyan
- i ain't no harlem black girl?brandelec
- I'm glad it was you that beat me to itPoint5
- funny as this thread reminded me of the same lineFallowDeer
- utopian0
Pathetic greedy American companies doing what they do best, exploiting the poor and uneducated!
- Aren't the lawyers doing the same thing too?kgvs72
- yes, the laywer are protecting the bad guys. as it pays more.akrokdesign
- lol - you guys should just start a "we hate america thread" - so i can point all of you to itidentity
- I am American and the USA is greedy and hypocritical country, let's keep it real...utopian
- sure, variably - like any other 1st world country with exceeding needs and profit margins...identity
- "greed is good!"utopian
- iheartfun0
I wonder if his has anything to do with the road side people with banners that I saw in Hawaii saying something about bananas and stop import...
- could be. dole has factories there too.akrokdesign
- I really wanted to find out cause they were all long the main roads on the Big Islandiheartfun
- akrokdesign0
dole food co is the world's largest producer and marketer of fruit and vegetables.