Deborah Harrell wrote: > >>> "A new report from the Danish Department of Environment, Food and >>> Rural Affairs (DEFRA), highlights the critical risks facing toddlers >>> from gender bending chemicals in everyday products. Chemicals like >>> phthalates (found in PVC and fragrances), > >> In fact, phthalates are found in PET, not PVC. PVC is >> polyvinylchlorine, the polymer of CH2=CHCl, PET is >> polyethyleneterephthalate, the copolymer of terephthalic >> acid and ethyleneglycol (with maybe some i/y changed - in >> Portuguese, there's no such distinction). > > Yes, the correct chemical is listed in the other article. Although > IIRC, PVC production is linked to cancer of some sort, and that was > suspected in the 50s by industry doctors (Dow? Monsanto? I can't > remember what I posted exactly on that several years ago); it was > not made public for a number of years. > I hate those AFTs. Phthalates are not Terephthalates; and phthalates are used in addition to PVC (that's what "found in" means). So, the original text was correct, and my English skills deficient :-(
But if PVC is carcinogen than we could suffer the same doom the lead-piped romans suffered... >>> "...Fewer boys are being born. > >> That's great news! The world needs less boys and more girls. >> Excess boys cause wars. > > <wry> Nevertheless, it might be a problem if we wind up with a > passle of hermaprodites (who are usually sterile)...Could make an > interesting SF story, however. > Probably society would adapt to make female-female reproduction possible. We would end up in a Lesbian World, not much unlike Brin's Stratos. >> I think it was established that benzene is carninogen. But I am >> not aware that phthalates, just because they are aromatic, >> are harmful. In fact, a few aminoacids are aromatic. > > ? So you don't find research regarding various petroleum compounds > legitimate? We are well aware in the medical field of multiple > adverse effects of various organic - in the sense of > petroleum/industry-related - chemicals on healthe. > What? Nothing that the oil industry produces is harmful! :-P > And no, I who at > one point could fill an entire blackboard with the Krebs cycle and > multiple connecting metabolic pathways including peptide synthesis, > had _no idea_ that some amino acids (not to mention hormones etc.) > were aromatic... <hey, really!!!> > Sometimes we can learn just by having fun editing Chemboxes in Wikipedia :-) Alberto Monteiro aka albmont _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
