Daily Downers: Tainted

Bad news is funnier read all in a row --

>> We're all tainted with toxic chemicals. "The chemicals, including so-called phthalates, bisphenol A and PBDEs, are found in baby bottles, shower curtains, cosmetics, computers and other products. They leach "out of the products into our bodies," the report states." At least we're in it together? (via Grist)

>> Katrina victims live in trailers that may be tainted with formaldehyde; FEMA warns its employees to stay out of them, but puts off testing the trailers people are living in. It never stops with FEMA, does it. (via Grist)

>> Toys tainted with date rape drug chemical sickens U.S. kids. Beware those Spin Master Aqua Dots, which are "covered with a chemical that metabolizes into the compound gamma hydroxy butyrate -- the so-called date-rape drug."

>> Toxins taint fish and water downstream from Alberta’s huge oil sands projects. Residents think the pollution may be causing higher rates of cancer; Alberta's health department disagrees.

>> The Bay Area gets tainted with thick oil when a huge ship hits the Bay Bridge, spilling about 58,000 gallons of heavy fuel. Beaches close, animals suffer and a state of emergency is declared. All this elicits a super bland comment by a guy from the California Department of Fish and Game: "This is a significant event." No way.

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Comments

[Robert 'Groby' Blum]

Minor correction - GHB is a rave drug, not a date rape drug. That would be Rohypnol. Not that I condone drug use, but let's keep the facts straight without giving in to media hysteria.

[Siel]

GHB's both a rave AND date rape drug. That said, I'm not quite sure why the original LAT article didn't mention the recreational uses for the drug....