Congress begins to identify the worst of the worst chemicals

It is so hard to know where to start, what to begin writing on. But, I guess I will just start with this one particular article that made my heart feel just a bit better. Lately, the bulk of news I have been reading has to do with chemicals (four kinds to be exact) and human safety. They are Bisphenol A, PVCs, phthalates, and formaldehyde. The article I am talking about is from the Safer Chemical, Healthy Families Blog. The article is Congress Begins To Identify The Worst Of The Worst Chemicals. It states that since 1976, Congress has only examined 200 chemicals out of the now present 80,000 chemicals. That is really scary. But, what is scarier is the games the government has played with the American people in the past 30 years.

I always thought the government is supposed to protect us. I grew up thinking the government was some sort of omni parent to its children, the citizens and newcomers to this land of freedom. This is the country that people from around the globe wish to call home. But, as I am coming to find out the truths of how things are conducted, my heart has been broken in two. There is a love affair going on here. It is between the government and the corporations. Their ongoing love affair of decades has caused a disruptive circle in the raising of their children. Their infidelity with one another has caused this abuse to continue. Some of their children have been affected emotionally, some have been affected physically, and some have even died because of it. Do they recognize the damage they have done to us? No, they do not. Whether it is by turning the cheek, blindfolding themselves, or just turning their backs completely, they have left us, their children, alone, while they have gone out, become whores, and slept around for money.

Here come into play the games of lobbyists, politicians, corporate executives using bribery, lies and deception to get what they want by any means to become richer for themselves. From what I have been reading, thanks to Bush and his reign, deregulation has made responsibility and accountability held at the corporate level. Honesty should fit in here somewhere, but it just does not seem to. Honesty, along with the American citizens, have been left in the dust, while corporate big wigs have been speeding past us on their motorcycles. As the most powerful country in the world, the government should be ashamed of itself. Not only is it making a mockery of itself across the globe, but it is using its very own children as guinea pigs. With the new health plan passed and the trillions it will cost to maintain it, is it not time to stop the greed, to stop from making us all sick and cease their version of Darwin’s survival of the fittest?

In the end we all die penniless, alone, and are left to be eaten and eroded by Mother Nature and its creatures. I do believe in God and I do believe in karma. But, I am not content knowing one day they will be face to face with God, because the damage is already done. They have already poisoned us and our seeds. How can they do this to their children? How can they do this to the future of this country?

After all these feelings inside, I read this article. It made me pause and think and have hope again. I hope our future generations will be saved. I hope our government will finally do right by their children. I hope that carcinogens can be abolished. I hope our food will be safe to eat. And, above all, I hope that humans will stop playing God.

And this is just one mom’s opinion.