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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=812394114-18062007>your latest article
on plastics said it right Deb, "<FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Unchecked, this trend is a dead end for any species."
</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=812394114-18062007><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=812394114-18062007><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>(sorry for any cross postings but,
see another "unchecked pollutants" article below from the H2E
group)</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=812394114-18062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=812394114-18062007><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>allen
gilliam</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=812394114-18062007><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>adeq state pretreatment
coordinator</FONT> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Gilliam, Allen
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 18, 2007 9:35 AM<BR><B>To:</B> H2E - Hospitals for
a Healthy Environment - Info Exchange Listserv<BR><B>Cc:</B>
p2wazoo@lists.preventpollution.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [h2e] Hazarous
Chemicals Crop up in unlikely People - Village Soup/Waldo County Citizen Senior
Reporter Article<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=756445213-18062007>another great article Janet, thanx!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=756445213-18062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=756445213-18062007>while
this holistic issue climbs out of the H2E "box", it fits at the very pinnacle of
pollution prevention: cease generation (source reduction or complete
elimination) = no discharge of pollutants to the environment.
Rachael was way ahead of her time but, even fell on deaf ears
during our own industrial revolution.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=756445213-18062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=756445213-18062007>now,
how does one reach the currently developing "third world" countries
that only see the economics with no regard for the
environment?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=756445213-18062007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=756445213-18062007>allen
gilliam</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=756445213-18062007>adeq
state pretreatment coordinator</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Janet Brown
[mailto:Janet.brown@h2e-online.org] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 14, 2007
9:22 AM<BR><B>To:</B> H2E - Hospitals for a Healthy Environment - Info
Exchange Listserv<BR><B>Subject:</B> [h2e] Hazarous Chemicals Crop up in
unlikely People - Village Soup/Waldo County Citizen Senior Reporter
Article<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>H2E - Info Exchange Listserve<BR><BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 7.5pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 7.5pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Hazardous
chemicals crop up in unlikely people</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">By
Jay Davis <BR><I>VillageSoup/Waldo County Citizen Senior
Reporter</I></SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">AUGUSTA
(June 14): Russell Libby, the longtime director of the Maine Organic Farmers
and Gardeners Association, has been choosing his food carefully for nearly 25
years. Yet in a recent study, his body showed high levels of arsenic and more
industrial chemicals than the other participants in a revealing scientific
analysis. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Rep.
Hannah Pingree, D-North Haven, the House Majority Leader in Augusta, has such
a high level of mercury in her system that it could affect the mental
development of the child she hopes to have someday. Pingree, who has been a
leader on toxics issues in the Legislature, said the study results have
prodded her to change her own habits, including eliminating the sushi tuna she
suspects has caused the spike in her mercury level. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Libby,
50, and Pingree, 30, were among 13 Mainers who volunteered for the first-ever
study of 71 industrial chemicals conducted by the Alliance for a Clean and
Healthy Maine. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The
alliance, which unveiled the results of the study Tuesday, June 12 at an
Augusta press conference, said the chemicals "are found in products we use
every day: plastic containers, toys, furniture, fabric, automobiles, TVs and
stereos, water bottles, medical supplies and personal products like shampoo,
hairspray and perfume." <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The
report states, "Scientific research shows that these chemicals are hazardous
and that even in tiny amounts may threaten human health."
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Even
so, the report continues, "industry is not required to demonstrate the safety
of chemicals before adding them to consumer products, nor are they required to
use safer alternatives to chemicals known to be hazardous."
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">An
example is a flame retardant that was shown to accumulate in breast milk.
Pingree led a successful campaign in 2004 to ban child clothing sold in Maine
that contained the chemical. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Heather
Spaulding of MOFGA, a member of the alliance that conducted the tests, said,
"You can't lifestyle your way out of problems with these chemicals. They're
everywhere." <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Libby
added, "I always assumed [the presence of chemicals in our bodies], and now
it's verified." <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The
71 chemicals chosen for the test — phthalates, which are added to perfume and
plastic; polybrominated diphenyl ethers, used as flame retardants in
televisions and textiles; perfluorinated chemicals, like Teflon; bisphenol A,
used in reusable water bottles and to line metal cans; and lead, mercury and
arsenic, which can occur naturally — mirror those in previous studies
conducted in California and Washington. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The
study found 46 of the chemicals in the Maine participants, who ranged in age
from 18 to 60 and had diverse lifestyles. Libby was tied for the most
chemicals, with 41, and had the greatest number of PBDEs. Pingree, who said
she leads a healthy lifestyle, had the second highest level of phthalates and
of mercury among the participants. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Libby
explained the above-average presence of arsenic in his system by saying his
well in Mount Vernon, where he lives on an old farm, is drilled through
granite, which may contain arsenic naturally. But he is unsure how the
industrial chemicals found their way into his hair, urine and blood, as his
home has few items that might contain them. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Sitting
at a table in the Belfast Co-op Store, a healthy place, Libby and Spaulding
pointed to several possible sources of industrial chemicals that could find
their way into human systems. Her laptop computer uses PBDEs; a plastic juice
container likely contains phthalates; and the polyurethane on the table can
give off chemicals, they said. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Libby
noted that the study appears during the 100th anniversary of the birth of
Rachel Carson, the pioneering environmental writer who "talked about
evaluating the whole system [of environmental threats] and [in response] we
got rid of a couple of pesticides. We're still looking at them one-by-one."
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">He
said the "political process has a hard time tackling systems," though he
insists that's what's needed. Spaulding added, "There is no regulatory system
for 80,000 industrial chemicals, and only 10 percent of them are treated for
safety. We'd like to see industries prove they're safe before they release
them to the market." <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">"Ultimately,"
Libby continued, "the chemicals that flow through the environment and into
bodies need to go. The alternatives are the challenges in front of us, like
using potatoes instead of petrochemicals to make plastic. And we have to deal
[with the chemicals] class-by-class instead of individually."
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Libby
said the news that he has more of the chemicals in his body than the other
participants "makes you think about things you don't think about everyday. We
have materials in our bodies we can't even pronounce. It's a sign of a
systemic failure." <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Pingree
said there's a good chance "that every one of us, as Mainers and Americans,
likely has similar levels" of the toxic chemicals. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The
alliance, which includes nine organizations, is promoting a "safer chemicals
policy" that will close the safety gap "by phasing out the most harmful
chemicals," close the data gap by "honoring the public's right to know which
hazardous chemicals are in what products," and closing the technology gap by
"investing in green chemistry research and development."
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The
alliance worked with Gov. John Baldacci to create a chemicals task force that
is scheduled to report to the Legislature next year, and to ban several
chemicals, including a flame retardant called Deca, with Pingree the
legislative sponsor. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Though
the study, called "Body of Evidence, a Study of Pollution in Maine People," is
not considered statistically meaningful because of the small testing sample,
it provides dramatic evidence that chemicals are prevalent in Maine life.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The
study was funded by the John Merck Fund, and its research techniques were
monitored by analysts at the University of Southern Maine. Members of the
Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine are the Environmental Health Strategy
Center, Learning Disabilities Association of Maine, Maine Labor Group on
Health, MOFGA, Maine People's Resource Center, Maine Public Health
Association, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Physicians for Social
Responsibility and the Toxics Action Center.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Janet
Brown<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Partner Program
Manager<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Hospitals for a
Healthy Environment<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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steering committee of the Green Guide for Health Care.
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