Asbestos:
Quebec urged to end asbestos exports
'Virtually all Quebec's asbestos is exported to developing countries, where protections are few and awareness of hazards are non-existent,'— Letter from international group of scientists to Premier Jean Charest
These are "real" scientists not your fake econuts. The econuts are silent on this, could it be because Quebec is a socialist province? Bloq MP's are calling for the shut down of Alberta's oilsands, but are strangely silent on their asbestos industry, which we know is dangerous to our health.
Mercury:
CFL Bulbs Have One Hitch: Toxic Mercury
The Environmental Protection Agency and some large business, including Wal-Mart, are aggressively promoting the sale of compact fluorescent light bulbs as a way to save energy and fight global warming. They want Americans to buy many millions of them over the coming years.
But the bulbs contain small amounts of mercury, a neurotoxin, and the companies and federal government haven't come up with effective ways to get Americans to recycle them.
"The problem with the bulbs is that they'll break before they get to the landfill. They'll break in containers, or they'll break in a dumpster or they'll break in the trucks. Workers may be exposed to very high levels of mercury when that happens," says John Skinner, executive director of the Solid Waste Association of North America, the trade group for the people who handle trash and recycling.
Skinner says when bulbs break near homes, they can contaminate the soil.
Mercury is a potent neurotoxin, and it's especially dangerous for children and fetuses. Most exposure to mercury comes from eating fish contaminated with mercury.
This is the same Environmental Protection Agency that has declared CO2 to be a pollutant, but mercury in light bulbs...not a problem! Neurotoxin good, CO2 bad! I remember when they used to call it mercury poisoning, but I guess that's not the case anymore, could it have anything to do with GE??? Just asking...
Lead:
List of Recalled Toys for Lead Poisoning Hazards – Childrens Toy Recalls from China
Just to give you an idea of how many children’s toys have been recalled due to lead poisoning hazards and/or violations of lead safety standards, we have compiled a list based on all of the recalls announced by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) so far this year.
CO2:
Carbon Dioxide (Co2) Enrichment Air Fertilization
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) contributes to plant growth as part of the miracle of nature known as photosynthesis. This enables plants to combine Carbon Dioxide and water with the aid of light energy to form sugar. Some of these sugars are converted into complex compounds that increase dry solid plant substances for continued growth to final maturity. However, when the supply of carbon dioxide is cut off, or reduced, the complex plant cell structure cannot utilize the sun's energy fully and growth or development is curtailed.
Although carbon dioxide is one of three main components which combine to produce the products necessary for plant growth, the amount of carbon dioxide in the air is only 0.03% (250 to 330 parts per million). This compares to 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 0.97% trace gases in normal air. Numerous tests have proven that during the winter months carbon dioxide concentrations inside greenhouses is invariably much lower than in outside air. This same phenomenon has been shown in controlled environment gardens.
CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2)
IMPROVES PLANT GROWTH AND QUALITY
Research has shown that in most cases rate of plant growth under otherwise identical growing conditions is directly related to carbon dioxide concentration.
The amount of carbon dioxide a plant requires to grow may vary from plant to plant, but tests show that most plants will stop growing when the CO2 level decreases below 150 ppm. Even at 220 ppm, a slow-down in plant growth is significantly noticeable.
Colorado State University conducted tests with carnations and other flowers in controlled CO2 atmospheres ranging from 200 to 550 ppm. The higher CO2 concentrations significantly increased the rate of formation of dry plant matter, total flower yield and market value.
Yikes!!!!! Plants stop growing at CO2 levels below 150ppm? Plants do better the HIGHER the CO2 concentrations??? This isn't what we have been told, someone has been lying to us, could it be the environmentalists, who love mercury, but not CO2?
What is the current CO2 level?
389.91ppm
Atmospheric CO2 for February 2010
Now, I don't like to link to scare sites, but this one is so out there that I'm sure no-one really believes their hype. According to them, we are at 389.91ppm, plants love 550ppm, so, we really need to crank up the CO2 people! Forget about earth hour, we need a CO2 week, where we run our cars, and factories at full 24 hour production to be able to feed more people. Forget carbon sequestration, we need to blast that stuff right into our greenhouses and atmosphere so we can promote food growth! Or as they call it "Air Fertilization"!
One of these things is not like the others, a kid in grade three could figure it out, why can't the climate change money grabbing lobby groups?
