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Recent news about sad customer service

Marlene — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:56:45 +0000

As I was browsing the Internet, I saw a story that led me to a couple of videos on Youtube. I found them entertaining, and wanted to share them with you. Enjoy!

Competitive solar power

Marlene — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:54:29 +0000

According to an article I read on a Reuters website, a study was written by the Clean Edge and environmental nonprofit Co-op America that declared solar power will be cost competitive with fossil fuels like natural gas and coal by 2015. I think that this is wonderful news; I’d like to see a lot more alternative energy sources developed and expanded as well!

I’d love to see solar energy, wind energy, and gasoline made from algae to be our every-day energy sources! I’m sick and tired of the constant price increases of gasoline, and being held hostage by the companies and countries that are raking in record (and obscene) profits from their oil.

Toxic shower curtains

Marlene — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:52:58 +0000

I was reading an article in the LA Times about how recent research has determined that some new shower curtains give off toxic chemicals for up to an entire month after they have been opened. Not all, but many shower curtains are made with PVC, a type of vinyl that has been linked to many health hazards. Some shower curtains are made from a safer ethylene vinyl acetate, and some are made from fabric.

I think that in the future, when I buy a new shower curtain (or curtain liner!) I will look carefully at the label and see what it is made from before I buy it! If it’s made from PVC, I will be putting it back on the shelf!

Chip, Fries, and carcinogens

Marlene — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:58:57 +0000

I was reading on the Yahoo news that a settlement was reached in a legal case of the state of California vs four major snack food companies, H.J. Heinz Co., Frito-Lay, Kettle Foods Incand Lance Inc. The suit was brought forth in 2005, and it was regarding the fact that these companies had unacceptable levels of carcinogens in their potato chips, and had failed to indicate that fact on their product labels.

The state also sued McDonald’s Corp, Wendy’s International Inc., Burger King Corp, KFC, and Procter & Gamble Co for essentailly the same situation with their french fries.

These companies were fined a lot of money and they agreed to either lower the levels of carcinogens or change their labels, so the consumers are aware of the carcinogens. How do you change the labels on french fries?

Why are these carcinogens being allowed in our food in the first place?