New Product Idea - Chemical

If your thing is chemicals, and interesting article appeared in the LA Times
yesterday.

http://tinyurl.com/b2pzf

I was tipped of years ago by an MD that the reason they don't find more of the
chemicals in
the Pill in our water supply is they never look for it, which is a sub-theme in
EPA and other
studies. As the article says, a stream is free running, so there are trace
amounts at any given
time, as the articles says, "just drops in an olympic size pool". On the other
hand, an
olympic size pool may have massive concentrations since they RARELY, IF EVER,
drain pools
and the filters don't take out permanent synthetic chemicals like those used in
the pill, etc.
These chemicals are peed into the pool by swimmers on the Pill. Gross, if not
dangerous.

With the lead poisoning scare in the 80's a $10 lead test kit showed up on the
market... if this
becomes a scare, perhaps we'll see a similar product to text for estrogens, etc
in pools.

(And don't you love the quote from the water quality officials that they "worry
that the public's
perception of the water supply will be tainted." Never mind whether the water
is tainted...we
just can't have anyone doubt us. Yikes!

Also, some 7000 government scientists have said "enough" and are petitioning the
govt to
eliminate flouridation in water. Apparently causes cancer, just like some
scientists said 35
years ago. Kinda like the Hormone Replacement Therapy problem. Sigh. Whole
lotta new
products to develop.

http://www.organicconsumers.org/foodsafety/flouride090105.cfm

John

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