what's up with California and cancer/birth defects?

[ShawnD1]

There's a reason why our economy is ranked so high.

According to the US government, California is #13. That's not very impressive.

New Hampshire 67,508
New Jersey 66,939
Maryland 66,618
Connecticut 65,976
Hawaii 64,193
Alaska 63,217
Virginia 61,472
Colorado 61,304
Massachusetts 60,038
Utah 58,820
Washington 58,460
Minnesota 58,414
California 57,988


On that same list, the worst states are all in the south. That shouldn't come as a shock to anyone.

 

[BoberFett]

Is ignorance bliss?

Why, feeling happy?

 

[Leros]

Californians spend so much time on the beach soaking up sun and stuck in traffic on the highway inhaling exhaust fumes that they need to minimize the other carcinogens around them.

 

[SunSamurai]

LOL WTF I've never seen these labels :awe: What a bunch of babies in CA.

Says the NZ guy with a kitten thread that got super upset by someone criticizing someone else that had even a little bit to do with his photography skills.

Seriously?

 

[Patranus]

Why is it that almost every single product has the warning "This product is known to the state of California to cause cancer and birth defects" on it? I've always laughed at that. Why California?

I was cleaning out my furnace, and even my furnace has that note on it lol.

Too many liberals.

 

[JS80]

Hippies.

/thread

 

[zerocool84]

According to the US government, California is #13. That's not very impressive.

New Hampshire 67,508
New Jersey 66,939
Maryland 66,618
Connecticut 65,976
Hawaii 64,193
Alaska 63,217
Virginia 61,472
Colorado 61,304
Massachusetts 60,038
Utah 58,820
Washington 58,460
Minnesota 58,414
California 57,988


On that same list, the worst states are all in the south. That shouldn't come as a shock to anyone.

What does the income have to do with the economical output of Cali??? Everyone knows that Cali has the highest ranked economy in the USA and is 8th WORLDWIDE.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Lol my dad used to use this stuff called liquid nails to fix everything. Then one day I pointed out that it had that may cause cancer according to california warning and he was like lol wut good thing I don't live in california (I reworded for internet folks to understand)... but I noticed later he pretty much stopped using it.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Says the NZ guy with a kitten thread that got super upset by someone criticizing someone else that had even a little bit to do with his photography skills.

Seriously?

Super upset? Because I made a factual rebuttal that showed the criticisms were just plain wrong? Okay mate. (The post in question)

 

[JulesMaximus]

I guess that would explain a lot about California.

Actually, you got that backwards. In reality it would explain a lot about the rest of the country.

 

[Ronstang]

Actually, you got that backwards. In reality it would explain a lot about the rest of the country.

The arrogant are left standing on the deck as the gunwales sink below the tide.

 

[ElFenix]

There's a reason why our economy is ranked so high.

cheap raw materials and energy imported from the rockies and college grads moving from elsewhere in the country?

 

[JulesMaximus]

The arrogant are left standing on the deck as the gunwales sink below the tide.

Pot meet kettle.

Keep shovelling it...maybe someone will believe you.

 

[skace]

Look, we are at an impasse.

On 1 side, if you label everything bad, how will someone know the really, really bad from the just plain bad. And once you label everything, the label itself becomes practically worthless and people stop reading it.

On the other side, if everything is really bad, shouldn't people begin to realize this. I doubt everything in our environment causes cancer, however I wouldn't be surprised if most things man-made cause cancer. And cancer is rather prevalent, so shouldn't we be trying to become aware of why we are dying of cancer? It's possible we would attempt to curb the need for cancerous materials and we'd move towards non-cancerous solutions where possible, thereby seeing a decline in warnings. This entire thing operates on the principle of "out of sight, out of mind", if all of these things cause cancer in small doses, but they are everywhere, aren't we continuously getting cancer? If so, shouldn't we make it a conscious awareness so that people know this and act upon it?

Which brings us to the original question, if the labels are everywhere, how do we distinguish. And the answer to that is better labels. A label for asbestos that is only an issue if disturbed... should not be the same as a label for something that you'd actually get cancer for tomorrow, which should not be the same as a label that would give you cancer after a week of exposure.
"When airborn, can cause cancer"
"When ingested, can cause cancer"

It may sound dangerous to find out that your stove can cause cancer, it may not be as alarming to find out it will only cause cancer if you actually lick the inside of your stove.

 

[Red Squirrel]

The best way to mvoe away from non cancer products is to stop outsourcing manufacturing to china. They are the biggest users of untested, harmful chemicals and other manufacturing processes. Lead paint on kids toys for example WTF?