Facts and Arguments

Killing You Softly - Part I

Nothing Safe. Nothing Sacred - A Hard Look at Polyurethane Foam.

It’s difficult to find the word that best describes the emotion I felt. Surprised? Too weak. Flabbergasted? Too nineteenth century. Taken aback? Two words. Aghast? Yes. I was aghast.

I was aghast on that day in the coffee shop in 2003, as I read the article explaining that breast milk of nursing mothers was contaminated with polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). News of a man made chemical polluting the essential gift of life and love from a mother to her child was more than offensive to me. Poisoning the very first food a child ingests was a high crime. Read on