On Jan 21, 12:05*am, "DGDevin" wrote:
"HeyBub" *wrote in message

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And avoiding the histrionics of those screech about mercury with the
preamble "Thy Doom is Nigh!"
I don't begrudge the nay-sayers; such crusades give their otherwise
meaningless lives a purpose. I just wish they'd dial back the decibel
level and quit pestering normal folk.

When famed American WWII combat photographer W. Eugene Smith began
publishing photos documenting the effect of mercury poisoning on the people
of the Japanese fishing village of Minamata, the company responsible for the
poisoning (by dumping industrial waste) came up with the solution of sending
goons to savagely beat Smith--that being a cost-effective way of
discouraging bad publicity. *And of course there were plenty of folks like
you who just didn't want to hear about it, "normal" people who were busy
giving their lives purpose by buying things from companies that like to keep
costs down by pumping toxic waste into the sea or wherever rather than
disposing of it safely. *So thousands of people were blinded, paralyzed,
deformed and killed--it's shame, but what business is that of a happy
consumer?

Eventually medical science, politics and the law caught up with the Chisso
corporation, and they had to pay almost $90 million in compensation to their
victims and clean up the mess they had made for over three decades. *But
they're still in business, and today one in six American children born has
already been exposed to dangerously high levels of mercury in the womb
thanks to seafood contaminated by mercury, tuna in particular. *But what the
hell, you're not going to have any kids at your age, come to think of it you
don't have that many years left yourself. *Life is dangerous, and if one of
America's favorite foods isn't safe for pregnant women to eat, how is that
your problem? *Damn eco-crusaders, always bitching about something you'd
rather not think about, why can't they leave "normal" people alone?

Here's another more concerning one for you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polychl...#United_States


Talking about contaminants, there's also the agent orange/dioxin
scattered about in Vietnam by the USA causing all sorts of problem
even now from cancer to birth defects. I wonder when you're going to
clear that up?
And that was deliberate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_Orange