And honestly, the protestations about the safety of plastics are so varied and becoming increasingly shrill that I’m afraid that the whole topic is falling into a fundamentalist style debate.

The dangers of plastics is nothing new, we avoided them for our kids because of the ability they have for holding bacteria and breaking down when heated. I’ve read nothing recently about using plastic bottles that surprised me. And personally I don’t care if the plastic bottle industry collapses (one less product from China), but I think this debate needs to be reasoned as we move forward.

The Globe and Mail ran an excellent piece on farmed fish about three weeks back by an environmental professor from UVic. It absolutely opened my eyes to how foolishly and unquestioningly I had followed the rhetoric of groups I aligned with. I highly recommend it as a read.

Even with the announcements that the bottle manufacturers are going to stop producing BPA products, they insist it is “safe.”

Plastics companies lying about their products safety is exactly what big tobacco has done for decades.

THAT my friend, is a direct and reasonable analogy.

I hate the Cons as well….BUT.. this is one for the kids, not the miners.

It’s interesting to note that the move to either aluminum or stainless steel would have major positive effects for Canada’s mining industry… not to mention Ontario’s… Where Tony Clement (remember how committed he was during the SARS crisis) is from and where the Conservative need support.

Just a thought.