Sunday, July 1, 2007

So What's Wrong With Plastics And Styrofoam?

Birth defects, upper respiratory infection, cancer, and even death.

Think I'm referring to some chronic illness? or rampant virus? Think again- but first put down your Styrofoam cup...

No doubt, you use it everyday for coffee, for leftovers, for packing shipping materials, in your walls, behind your bathroom fixtures, in your car. It is styrofoam, and unless you're living in a cabin in the woods, it is endemic to your life.... I'll admit, it's hard not to love Styrofoam. It's cheap, lightweight, and does its job of cushioning and insulating our lives quite well. But there's one problem: It's also dangerous!... It's dangerous to the environment, it's dangerous to animals, and preliminary testing also shows, it can be dangerous to humans as well. The EPA has classified Styrene ( the chemical name for Styrofoam ) as a possible human carcinogen, and its effects on people in close contact during its manufacturing process have been found to suffer from many serious health problems and ill effects, including cancer and even death.

Plastic and Styrofoam are not biodegradable. It doesn't break down in landfills, at least not anytime in our lifetimes, or our children's. As most styrofoam products are made for one-time use situations ( cups, plates, packing materials ) , Stryrofoam takes up large quanties of landfill space. In fact, our landfills are already choked with Styrofoam and other plastic products- taking up more than one third of the 236 million tons of solid waste dumped into landfills every year.
And that's only if they actually make it to the landfill.

Worldwide, local, state, and national governments are passing legislation on a daily basis that will reduce, and eventually eliminate plastic and Styrofoam products from the face of the earth.
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Bankruptcy Predicted to rise in 2008

Electronics and energy are seen as high-risk industries.

More U.S. businesses are likely to hang " going bankrupt " signs on their doors this year as the twin blows of slower economic growth and pricy cmmmodities force the weakest companies to seek refuge from creditors, according to Global Insight.

This year, industries at risk for the biggest increases in Chapter 11 filings include electronics makers, enery miners like coal companies and agriculture companies, Global Insight said.

Makers of durable goods like machinery also are more at risk and likely will contribute to 13 percent rise in bankruptcies in 2008, says the research firm.

SOCIAL SECURITY!!!

HERE'S HOW TO KEEP TABS. To determine your likely Social Security benefits- and to make sure your Social Security records are correct- you should contact the Social Security Administration, (800) 772-1213 or www.ssa.gov on the internet. Request form SSA-7004 and use it to obtain, by mail, your Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement, which will tell you how much you've paid in and will estimate how much you can expect to receive in bebefits after retirement. If you find a mistake in your earnings, report it promptly.

HERE'S MY QUESTION ?

If The Black Box Flight Recorder Is Never Damaged During A Plane Crash, Why Isn't The Whole Airplane Made Out Of This Stuff ?

DID YOU KNOW?

Do You Know How Long It Takes Everyday Trash To Decompose? Styrofoam................. Never Cigaretts................... 12 Years Aluminum................ 80 Years Plastic Bags.............. 20 Years Plastic Containers... 80 Years Nut Shells................. 2 Years
Please Put Litter In It's Place!