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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I think you should honestly considering seeking help from a trained professional and I'm not trying to be snarky. If you want to rip out your carpeting you are going down a slippery sloap.

Our parents put us in unsafe cribs, substandard car seats in cars without airbags or anti-lock breaks, painted the house with leaded paint, let us roam the outdoors without sunscreen and through time we've learned that cerain things should not be used. However, making yourself a homebody because you are paranoid about leaving the house is not healthy for you or your family. Your child will never experience camping, a hotel room, friends homes or even school. There is plenty to worry yourself about but you have to make sure you're not going overboard. Please consider talking to someone who can help manage this with you. [quote]

I don't think I need to seek help. I'm just passionate about the environment, and I'm seriously thinking to switch my carrier in that direction. You say that our parent lived with lead, asbestos, and many other things. I know that. I also know that besides fire retardants we are surrounded by many many other toxins that price we pay for modern conveniences. I know that my kids probably will not suffer any immediate health issues. However, if you would even made a little research on fire retardants or any other toxins for that matter, you would learn that they have cumulative effect. So, if our parents may have gotten away with just a light increase in cancer rates, there is no guarantee that our generation or generations to come will get off the hook quite that easily. We have to realize that if we keep on polluting our bodies and environment, one day it will build up to the point where our livers or medicine will not be able to keep. It is already known that due to poor environment there is an increase in cancer rates, as well as those of some other diseases. I'm not paranoid, I just made it to be my choice of living. I think we can have modern conveniences, but with a bit of lesser price for the environment and our bodies. And I believe, that first step I can do is to become a conscious consumer, and let manufacturers know that consumers are not as dumb as they tend to think.

And finally, I'm not making myself a homebody, since if you would bother to learn more about environmental issues, you would know that pollution inside of our homes are much higher than the one outside. I actually try to spend more time outdoors. :-)

Honestly, since I'm passionate about environmental issues, it was sad for me to see your comments about my letter. I love this planet a lot, and I hope we will be able to preserve it. Most likely we'll learn to make right choices, but I wish we would be faster in realizing so. You have to realize that just 100 or 200 years ago, we were did not have all these industries and chemicals, or cars for that matter. It means that only within one century we managed to create so many environmental problems that scientists are trying to get masses to realize. Imagine us going on with the same pace another century or two. Do you really think the environment as we know it now will survive?[/quote]

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