Thursday, May 24, 2007

Info, environmental & health

Anogenital Distance: self-explanatory/unsubtle. I gawked simply because I couldn't believe a measure existed for such a...characteristic. (http://pubs.acs.org/email/cen/html/031207105801.html)

Polypropylene Plasticizers: phthalates (estrogen mimics, substitute the acidic protons on the phthalic acid above) are used occasionally, but not in GLAD Ware, apparently. That's nice since I don't want to haul around glass or ceramic storage containers, on my bike, to and from wül.
(Got this from http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/06/clean_up_your_k_1.php but the quote is unverifiable)

Nonetheless, propylene monomer comes from petroleum so it sucks.

% of Us Living in Low-Elevation Coastal Areas: ~10% - 600M i.e. barely a start. (http://www.terradaily.com/reports/The_Risks_Of_Living_In_Low_Lying_Coastal_Areas.html)

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