Perhaps it would help to think of "feminism" as "humanism", as what affects
women affects men too, though perhaps in different ways. But we ALL are
exposed daily to myriads of toxins in our environments, no matter how
careful we try to be. We are ALL being victimized by big industry whose
goal isn't to help keep us well and alive, but only to make lots of money.
It truly is a matter of circumstance, genetics, luck and goodness knows what
else, as to who develops cancer or whatever dread condition (there are
worse!), and who doesn't. One doesn't have to be thinking fatalistically to
have that happen to one; it just "IS" - a fact of the times within which we
live. Most people don't want to even think about this, and so it is
labeled, as here in the case of "fatalistic" - so what CAN be useful is for
us to strive to get the government to change its policies, make new laws
about toxic substances (I know, good luck - very slow, if ever, in coming),
AND big industry: DON'T PUTCHASE PRODUCTS FROM COMPANIES WHO MANUFACTURE OR
ENCOURAGE USE OF THESE TOXIC PLASTICS!! Does anyone have a list of these
companies (goodness, it could be all of them!)?? Thanks for listening,
Limaloa
-----Original Message-----
From: Farris, Sara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 4:34 AM
Subject: RE: leaky plastics
>Now how is that useful? Surely ecofeminism is about more than such blanket
>fatalism tied, incongruously, with such dippy faith in individualism. I
>suppose my aunt, age 43, let toxins give her breast cancer and then let the
>cancer kill her?
>
>Sara
>
> ----------
> From: vikki charles [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 6:19 AM
> To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT
> Subject: Re: leaky plastics
>
> Does it matter? Everything will kill you eventually if you
> let it. It's a question of not letting it...
> On Mon, 08 Nov 1999 22:19:12 -0600 Gwendolyn L Griffin
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > i have heard much about the fact the plastics leach toxics into
>whatever
> > food substance they are holding (incl. plastic soda bottles,
>plastic
> > baggies, tupperware . . . .)
> > that they indeed leach hormonal disrupters which are causing girls
>to
> > reach puberty prematurely, for one . . .other effects i cannot
>remember
> > . . .
> > does anyone have information on this?
> > thanks!
> > gwendolyn griffin
> >
>
> ----------------------
> vikki charles
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
