Fuzzy science

[the_mind_of_gil]

I am not the only person to have been cynical about the so-called "safe levels" of various pollutants, food additives, and other chemicals. I have heard radio interviews and read articles in which people have pointed out that stating something safe up to a given amount is all well and good but does not take into consideration the barrage of bad materials in combination that we take in through the atmosphere, foods, and other ways.
Here is a partial list of items that comprise that combination:

• Artificial colors and flavors in foods
• Pollutants in the air we breathe
• BPA in can linings
• the chemicals in plastic drink and food containers that leach out of the plastic and into our stomachs
• The hormones and antibiotics fed to the animals we eat(cows, chickens, turkeys, pigs, fish)
• Pollutants in drinking water
• Food additives
• Active and inactive ingredients in medications (over-the-counter, prescribed, and injected)
• Leachate from aluminum cookware and aluminum foil
• aerosol sprays in common use around the house and workplace

I repeat, any one of these might not lead to Alzheimer's or autism or life-threatening food allergies, but considering the combined amounts of these and other dangerous items in our daily environment, any number of health problems might be caused.