How is a woman suppose to react?

Front page LA TIMES

COMMON CHEMICALS LINKED TO BREAST CANCER

These are some of the things and places where 216 chemicals have been found.

furniture Polish
fabric cleaner
foam cushions
carpet
adhesives
fried foods
detergents
shampoos
soaps
vehicle exhaust
bedding
vinyl
Teflon
paint remover
cosmetics
Prada

Ok...... so maybe the last one isn't on the list but how is a woman suppose to react to all the other items listed?

The chemicals have official names...kinda like hurricanes and I will list some of them because perhaps making note of them while shopping might help. If a woman reduces the 216 down to 75 then that would be a positive thing....right?

The article states that of the 80,000 chemicals registered for use in the United States....only 1000 of them have been tested on animals.

Animal activists are totally pissed about the 1000 that have been tested......and I on the other hand think 79,000 more animals need to be recruited.....soon.

Women will have to learn these names........or at the very least carry a list with them when they shop.....PROVIDED THE COMPANIES LIST THEM ON THE LABEL

ATRAZINE
METHYLENE CHLORIDE
TOLUENE DILSOCYANATE
1,1-DICHLOROETHANE
STYRENE
PERFLUOROCTANIC ACID
BENZENE
ARCYLAMIDE
1,3-BUTADIENE
1,4-DIOXANE
PAH'S
PCB'S

ARCYLAMIDE is used in fried food......and I'm pretty sure it's not on the menu at ANY fast food location that sells fried food....and what's the chance of an employee knowing whether or not it is being used.

1,4 -DIOXANE is used in detergents, shampoos and soaps and they do have all the ingredients listed so this is one that can be avoided.

WHAT BLOWS MY MIND IS THAT THE COMPANIES THAT ADD 1,4-DIOXANE TO THEIR PRODUCT HAVE TO KNOW THIS STUFF IS NOT HEALTHY....DON'T THEY?

IF THEY DO KNOW AND THEY KEEP USING IT, THEN IT'S FREAKIN TIME FOR WYATT EARP AND RALPH NADER.

I'm just glad that I'm not a woman who woke up this morning and picked up the paper for a little info and casual reading....and had to read this article.

But I've got a feeling that if these chemicals cause problems in woman's breast....then tomorrow's story will be a follow up.....

BY THE WAY YESTERDAY'S STORY ......DITTO PROBLEMS FOR PROSTATE.

We all need to learn the names of chemicals and quit trusting that our government is doing a great job of screening.

79,000 chemicals have not been tested on animals.

EACH TEST COSTS $2 MILLION DOLLARS.....and that's a few weeks in Iraq...and we can't be cutting back on that project to make sure that products we use day in an day out......aren't killing us.

THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME OR MONEY.......?????????

WE'VE GOT OBLIGATIONS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT NEED OUR ATTENTION......???????????

TESTING PRODUCTS THAT SELL EXTREMELY WELL AT A LOCAL SUPERMARKET......DON'T HAVE TO BE REGULATED.

COOPERATE CONGLOMERATES WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING TO HURT THE AMERICAN CONSUMER.....WOULD THEY?

What worries me is that when "they" look at our 290 million population...they just shrug if off because sitting across the Ocean are 1.6 billion potential Chinese consumers.......so if we croak....they have a huge back-up plan.

WOMEN NEED TO GRAB THIS ISSUE BY THE BALLS....AND RUN WITH IT UNTIL POLITICIANS ARE STRETCHED TO THE MAX.....and those politicians that don't have balls need to lead the charge.

Come on ladies....time to put a halt to the nonsense. Time to stop caring so much about the life of some animals and worry more about what they hell is happening when you take a shower.....or eat fried food....or sit on Vinyl......or cook with Teflon......or sniff a little paint remover.

BE THE WOMAN YOU ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU COULD BE.....MS. WOMAN..... AND LEAD THE WAY.

I, on the other hand, will look forward to reading tomorrow's article about what all this crap does to men.

MICAHEL TIMOTHY MC ALEVEY