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Technology.Eco-pollution
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| Many consumers are being killed by their own products, without really being consciously aware of it. Eco-pollution is one of the lethal legacies of the age of mass marketing of the last decades of the 20th century. | ||
| There are far more dangerous things than just photo-chemical smog | ||
| When we think of environmental pollution, we tend to think of urban smog, of filthy poorly maintained motor transport vehicles and the occassional chemical spills. | ||
| In fact, there are two other areas of eco-pollution that are far more dangerous for our health than just the chemicals of smog- food additives and synthetic fibres found in clothes, homes, furniture and virtually every man-made surface. | ||
| Food additives | ||
| Thanks to a desire for governments to promote cheap food for consumers as a driver of economic demand and consumption, in virtually every Western country, food additives including illegal use of human growth hormones, genetically modified food and synthetic substitutes have been used for years. | ||
| Unlike food poisioning from rotten or infected food, the poisoning by food additives is an accumulative poisoning, much like the effects of heavy metal accumulation (such as lead and mercury). | ||
| What is even more disturbing is how long term exposure to dangerous food additive practices may have in affecting the quality of genes inhereted by successive generations. While proof is not yet in clear evidence, there is strong indications that the rise of certain childhood problems may have a root cause in the long term exposure of their parents to dangerous food additives. | ||
| Respiratory disease in the 21st Century and synthetic fibres | ||
| While the dangerous effects of asbestos are now commonly known, twenty years ago, it was considered a "miracle" substance for the cheap manufacture of poor quality building materials, sold under the argument that such products kept "homes cheap". | ||
| Fibreglass insulation is another classic example of a modern and potentially even more dangerous problem, as fibreglass strands are much smaller and lodge much deeper into the lungs when inhaled. As homes with fibreglass insulation continue to degrade over the next decade, expect this health problem to increase. | ||
| The same applies to the wholesale use of poor quality synthetics such as foam in furniture and carpets. | ||
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