I have read that there are more than 120,000 chemicals in use by industry, but only 4,000 or so have been tested for toxicity, and this issue has been called a “black hole” of unaddressed legislation. If the other untested 116,000 chemicals are in our environment, meaning in our bodies, are they contributing to health care issues such as obesity, diabetes, heart and circulatory problems, autism, etc? Will this ever be addressed or is it another case of “too big to fail”?
The truth is out there, somewhere, hopefully, maybe …
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About timprosser
Background: 10 jobs and 5 careers in electronic parts sales, computer repair, computer network design/installation/maintenance, computer engineering (printers), technical documentation, engineering data management, and project management
Education: BS in Geography from Eastern Michigan University, MBA from The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, self-taught electrical/computer engineer
Miscellaneous: lifetime musician, 2 daughters and a stepson, three grandsons, amateur radio operator, cyclist. Love art of all kinds, and treasure those "maniacs in the universe" - people of unbridled creativity - whom I have had the great privilege to know.
