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Plastic People
May. 24th, 2010 12:46 pmA study in juxtaposition...a rumor I saw on USENET this weekend brought me to THESE PEOPLE, whom I realize built a very large portion of my childhood. I didn't realize how brand-loyal I was back then.
The antithesis: THIS STORY from CBS' 60 Minutes about possibly harmful chemicals in plastics. Now, I consider myself very atypical, and substandard, as a male human being in terms of physicality and psyche. Up to now I blamed my problems on the general environment in which I grew up: I'm a child of the Rust Belt, born right next to one of the most polluted bodies of water in North America at that time, with Love Canal to the east and Cleveland (whose river caught fire!) to the west.
But what about my toys and my indoor environment?
Who do I really have to blame but myself? Maybe everyone. Maybe no one. Unintended consequences.
The antithesis: THIS STORY from CBS' 60 Minutes about possibly harmful chemicals in plastics. Now, I consider myself very atypical, and substandard, as a male human being in terms of physicality and psyche. Up to now I blamed my problems on the general environment in which I grew up: I'm a child of the Rust Belt, born right next to one of the most polluted bodies of water in North America at that time, with Love Canal to the east and Cleveland (whose river caught fire!) to the west.
But what about my toys and my indoor environment?
Who do I really have to blame but myself? Maybe everyone. Maybe no one. Unintended consequences.
