How Much Is Too Much?
Even small doses of toxins can have detrimental effects on unborn children. In a study done at Tufts University, Laura Vandenberg concluded that health effects “are remarkably common” when people are exposed to low doses of toxins. One example she gave was bisphenol A, found in polycarbonate plastic, canned foods and paper receipts. After the experiments, Vendenberg and her colleauges stated that their reserch, “clearly indicates that low doses cannot be ignored.” They cited evidence of a wide range of health effects not only fetuses, but adults too, including links to infertility, cardiovascular disease, obesity, cancer and other disorders.
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“In using the strong hand, as now compelled to do, the government has a difficult duty to perform. At the very best, it will by turns do both too little and too much. It can properly have no motive of revenge, no purpose to punish merely for punishment’s sake. While we must, by all available means, prevent the overthrow of the government, we should avoid planting and cultivating too many thorns in the bosom of society.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)