First Diary: Report "Chemicals Threaten Our Bodies" + Poll

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Friday May 07, 2010 · 8:29 AM PDT

2010/05/07 · 08:29

I was perfectly content to read and comment on DK now and then, and had no ambition whatsoever to publish any diaries. But today I read an article that I've been waiting for for a very long time, a topic that I'm very passionate about, and couldn't help myself - so here is my very first diary on Daily Kos, after years of mostly lurking. I hope you like and learn something from my "maiden voyage" into the deep, perilous waters of DailyKos.

Nicholas Kristof wrote an op-ed in the NYT on May 5th regarding a report that's just been released by The President's Cancer Panel on the hazards of laxly regulated chemicals
(URL: The President's Cancer Panel, download "Annual Report for 2008-2009, large PDF-File).
Kristof's op-ed: http://www.nytimes.com/...

The President’s Cancer Panel is the Mount Everest of the medical mainstream, so it is astonishing to learn that it is poised to join ranks with the organic food movement and declare: chemicals threaten our bodies.

Poll

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Is this an important issue to you?

48 votes Vote Now!

Is this an important issue to you?

Yes, very important, and I'm going to call my Congresscritters today

10 votes

Yes, but I knew all of this already and live accordingly

29 votes

It wasn't before, but it is now

0 votes

Somewhat important, I'll think about changing some habits

4 votes

Not important enough to change anything in my life

2 votes

No, I think it's all hype

3 votes

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