{"id":1549,"date":"2008-04-22T15:08:09","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T19:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=1549"},"modified":"2008-11-01T10:08:20","modified_gmt":"2008-11-01T14:08:20","slug":"why-i-left-greenpeace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=1549","title":{"rendered":"“Why I Left Greenpeace”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Wall Street Journal celebrates Earth Day with a column by Patrick Moore, former co-director of Greenpeace entitled “Why I Left Greenpeace<\/a>“;<\/p>\n

I observed that none of my fellow directors had any formal science education. They were either political activists or environmental entrepreneurs. Ultimately, a trend toward abandoning scientific objectivity in favor of political agendas forced me to leave Greenpeace in 1986.<\/p>\n

The breaking point was a Greenpeace decision to support a world-wide ban on chlorine. Science shows that adding chlorine to drinking water was the biggest advance in the history of public health, virtually eradicating water-borne diseases such as cholera. And the majority of our pharmaceuticals are based on chlorine chemistry. Simply put, chlorine is essential for our health.<\/p>\n

My former colleagues ignored science and supported the ban, forcing my departure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now he writes that the self-centered Luddites at Greepeace are targeting DINP which makes plastic more flexible;<\/p>\n

Commonly used phthalates, such as diisononyl phthalate (DINP), have been used in everyday products for decades with no evidence of human harm. DINP is the primary plasticizer used in toys. It has been tested by multiple government and independent evaluators, and found to be safe.<\/p>\n

Despite this, a political campaign that rejects science is pressuring companies and the public to reject the use of DINP. Retailers such as Wal-Mart and Toys “R” Us are switching to phthalate-free products to avoid public pressure.<\/p>\n

It may be tempting to take this path of least resistance, but at what cost? None of the potential replacement chemicals have been tested and found safe to the degree that DINP has. The Consumer Product Safety Commission recently cautioned, “If DINP is to be replaced in children’s products . . . the potential risks of substitutes must be considered. Weaker or more brittle plastics might break and result in a choking hazard. Other plasticizers might not be as well studied as DINP.”<\/p>\n

The hysteria over DINP began in Europe and Israel, both of which instituted bans. Yet earlier this year, Israel realized the error of putting politics before science, and reinstated DINP.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But that’s just par for the course for the entire Left. Everything is a political football to toss around, a way to sucker some more chumps out of their money – regardless of the consequences.<\/p>\n

Does anyone think that Al Gore wants to save the world from global warming and give up his hot gig as some sort of speaker extraordinaire?<\/p>\n

Does Code Pink and the IVAW really want to end the war and end their cash flow? No. They all need the drama. I’ll concede that maybe there are some that do want to end wars and global warming, but the organizations are pulling in cash hand-over-fist. They’d have to either retool their organizations or find real work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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