<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Umbra on avoiding vinyl]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by johnnylucid http://www.grist.org/article/my-three-sins/ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:46:47 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/my-three-sins/1 Vinyl

I'll not delve into the incredible mythmaking about vinyl (PVC) that has become an article of faith, er dogma, for professional enviromental activists, but to call Greenpeace "serious?"   Gimme a break, I don't think they've been correct about anything, ever, period.

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I'll not delve into the incredible mythmaking about vinyl (PVC) that has become an article of faith, er dogma, for professional enviromental activists, but to call Greenpeace "serious?"   Gimme a break, I don't think they've been correct about anything, ever, period.

]]> Comment #2 by Beth Terry http://www.grist.org/article/my-three-sins/ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:59:35 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/my-three-sins/2 simply buying less plastic stuff

Simply buying less plastic stuff is the answer to many, many environmental problems, including PVC.  While other plastics may be less toxic and cause fewer problems, they all share the same fatal flaw.  Petroleum-based plastics are not biodegradable and are wreaking havoc in the marine environment and food chain, no matter what type of polymer they are made from.  Plastic is lipophyllic and attracts pollutants like PCB and DDE, which concentrate on plastic particles and make their way up the food chain.  There really is no "safe" plastic in the long run and we need to find alternatives.

Beth Terry
http://www.fakeplasticfish.com

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Simply buying less plastic stuff is the answer to many, many environmental problems, including PVC.  While other plastics may be less toxic and cause fewer problems, they all share the same fatal flaw.  Petroleum-based plastics are not biodegradable and are wreaking havoc in the marine environment and food chain, no matter what type of polymer they are made from.  Plastic is lipophyllic and attracts pollutants like PCB and DDE, which concentrate on plastic particles and make their way up the food chain.  There really is no "safe" plastic in the long run and we need to find alternatives.

Beth Terry
http://www.fakeplasticfish.com

]]> Comment #3 by Swill to Power http://www.grist.org/article/my-three-sins/ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:32:10 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/my-three-sins/3 What about PEX tubing?

Elsewhere on Grist (http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/4/21/163129/432) PEX plastic tubing was recommended as a Green(!) building material that is lower impact than copper. Can this be a fatal internal contradiction amongst the Grist research team, merely different points of view, or is it possible -- mirabile dictu! -- that PEX isn't actually made of vinyl?

Please advise before I re-plumb my house!

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Elsewhere on Grist (http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/4/21/163129/432) PEX plastic tubing was recommended as a Green(!) building material that is lower impact than copper. Can this be a fatal internal contradiction amongst the Grist research team, merely different points of view, or is it possible -- mirabile dictu! -- that PEX isn't actually made of vinyl?

Please advise before I re-plumb my house!

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