[onlooker]

just posting this topic as an example of the continuous assault on living species including ourselves from the massive amounts of toxins, industrial waste and waste being generated and disposed of. It is no wonder that cancer is skyrocketing. Here in link:http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/scientists-find-signs-of-toxic-flame-retardants-in-americans/ar-AA7L6KM

[dohboi]

Yes, this is another major assault on life, the billions of tons of toxic chemicals, many of which had never before existed in the natural world.

On top of direct annihilation from over harvesting, annihilation of habitats through development and deforestation, introduction of exotic invasive species, GMO's, spread of radioactive elements, and of course GW (add your own, if you wish), this is another major element driving the current and accelerating Mass Extinction Event, one looking to rival or exceed the "Great Dying" End-Permian Mega-Extinction that nearly entirely annihilated complex life on earth some 250 million years ago.

[onlooker]

What a bummer Dohboi, to be alive now and witness this wholesale destruction that unfortunately we humans have for the most part been responsible for. It is almost like being a surviving soldier and watching the horrific devastation that a battle has wrought. That is why I cringe when the MSM lauds economic growth or the politicians campaign on that slogan. Our tombstone if and when we become extinct should read " We outgrew our planet and so we perished"

[onlooker]

yeah i would not mind being able to live to 90 and playing some bingo in my last years

[onlooker]

hey pstarr they look pretty nimble and energetic would like to be in their condition come 90