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Each one of us is a toxic super fund site...
We are all lab rats in one giant, toxic, and deadly experiment. The Environmental Defense Fund has released a new report, titled Toxics Across America, which looks at the billions of pounds of toxic and potentially deadly chemicals that are currently in the American marketplace. The report looks at 120 chemicals that have been identified by state, federal and international officials as hazardous to our health.
It also looks at which of those chemicals are currently distributed in the U.S, what amounts they are being produced in, where they are being manufactured, and which companies are responsible for them. The report’s key findings include that at least 81 of the chemicals studied are produced in or imported to the U.S. each year in amounts of 1 million pounds or more. Also, 14 of the chemicals studied come in at quantities of 1 billion pounds or more per year, including known carcinogens, or cancer-causing chemicals, like formaldehyde and benzene. And, at least 90 of the chemicals that the EDF studied are commonly found in consumer and commercial products, including 8 used in children’s products.
With billions of pounds of toxic chemicals being produced and used in the United States each year, you'd think that our government would have strict regulations in place to monitor those chemicals, and to keep Americans safe from them. You would be wrong.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Should all billionaires be banned? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Watch the video 'Last Hours' narrated by Thom Hartmann about the "time bomb" that is ticking underground, underwater and under ice… frozen methane that is now escaping and could trigger runaway climate change. www.lasthours.org
Have a question or comment for Thom? Grab your phone, hit record and send your video to YourTakeMyTake@gmail.com and we may air it on "The Big Picture."
Need to Know: Should all billionaires be banned?- David Laska, Republican Party of New York State.
Your Take / My Take Live: Call Thom LIVE at (202) 904-2134 TONIGHT 7-8pm ET (check local listings)
The Best of the Rest...
Daily Take: Each one of us is a toxic super fund site...
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The Daily Stack 
Hour One: Is Sean Hannity going to get somebody killed?
Quote: " It's class warfare. My class is winning, but they shouldn't be." Warren Buffett", May 25, 2005.
Hour Two: No more unhealthy food at school!- Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA 
Article: "" by .
Progressive Roundtable- Michael Lighty, California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
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Thursday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Hour One: Each one of us is a toxic super fund site...
Hour Three: Should all billionaires be banned?- Peter Schiff, The Peter Schiff Show
And, the best of the rest of the news and your calls right here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program...your media support group for "we the people"...
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Friday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
It's Friday and that means it's Brunch With Bernie...America's Senator...Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will be here talking about all the important issues of the week and he'll be taking YOUR calls too...
Plus, it's Anything Goes Friday...your chance to to choose the topic...what's on your mind?
And, the best of the rest of the news together with your calls all here on...
The Thom Hartmann Program, Occupying The Media 3 hours a day 5 days a week" for "we the people"
And don't forget...Democracy is NOT a spectator sport...it begins with you...
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On the Road Again
May 1 - Seattle, WA 730pm: Crash of 2016 booksigning, Seattle Town Hall. details
May 2 - Portland, OR 7pm: Crash of 2016 booksigning, First Unitarian Church. details
May 3 - Portland, OR:
Thom’s TEDX talk - SOLD OUT.
May 10 - Northampton, MA 7pm: Crash of 2016 booksigning, The Parlor Room. Free, but sign up at whmp.com
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Thom's Poll
Should there be a 100% tax on all income over $1 billion?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
The Middle Class is Not "Normal"
Lone Liberal Rumble - GOP thinks the US should be more like China
Lone Liberal Rumble - Fox Fueling Rancher Rage
Is Sean Hannity going to get somebody killed?
Or watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 4/16/14: Time to Bring Back the Middle Class Reagan Destroyed
Thom discusses the latest news with Cliven Bundy's "range war" in Nevada with Radio Host and Attorney Mike Papantonio and tonight's "Lone Liberal Rumble" discusses Vermont's push to require GMO food labeling, Fox's Eric Bolling suggesting America adopt China's labor laws and how CEO's now make 331 times more than the average worker. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom discusses how we can bring back the middle class Reagan destroyed.
The Better Off Budget
No More Unhealthy Food at School!
Socialist Party brings in $15 Now
The Middle Class is not 'Nornal'
Are the Koch Brothers Targeting Harry Reid?
The Thom Hartmann Program - 4/16/2014
Is Sean Hannity Going to get Somebody Killed?
Glenn Beck is Being Rational!
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Thom and Louise Hartmann founded the New England Salem Children's Village (NESCV) in New Hampshire in 1979. With states delaying payment for the children they entrust to the village, they need help with cash flow. Can you help? Now on Facebook. |
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