Health Concerns Mount as More Old Sewer Pipes Are Lined with Plastic
2nd December 2019
Earlier this year Nicole Davis arrived at one of the San Antonio, Tex., offices of the audiology practice she co-ownsready to see the day’s patients. But upon entering her office, Davis says she quickly noticed a noxious odor that smelled like paint thinner. Her eyes started burning. By noon, she felt nauseated and dizzy, with the burning sensation spreading to her nose and throat. Her mouth went numb. Co-workers in the building told Davis that they felt ill, too. By the evening, she says, she was vomiting.
Two days later, Davis received an e-mail from an employee for a construction firm that was doing work that week on municipal pipes below street-level near the building. The employee apologized in the e-mail for Davis’s “recent experience,” and attached a technical document describing the hazards and health risks associated with materials used to make plastic in the pipe project. The e-mail and attachment do not state that the work caused the odor or Davis’s reaction.
December 2nd, 2019 at 11:16
Scientific American used to be a very interesting publication, often dealing with complex issues that were beyond the ability of MSM outlets to discuss. (e.g., quarks) But there’s no money in science, and so the venerable publication has become just another pop-sci outlet. Every odor you smell is toxic and part of a vast, capitalist conspiracy to poison the public. If the thermostat isn’t working right, it’s because the planet is being destroyed by Global Warming – ahem, Climate Change – perpetrated by Trump.
The reporter in the cited article brings up a worker who DROWNED WHILE INSIDE A SEWER PIPE as maybe really killed by styrene fumes. I looked hard for some sort of scientific correlation, but all my brain wanted to do is slap the author. Hard. Repeatedly.