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Article #1114Re: How to build obsolescence into an appliance.
From: Mark Harriss
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:12
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:12
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Hey Rod!, I had a bit more of a poke around on the net, can't find anything about bakelite itself causing small dicked alligators etc. but bakelite is also known as Bisphenol F and is generally known to be oestrogenic and an endocrine disruptor. regards Mark Rod Speed wrote: > Mark Harriss <ningauble@bigpond.com> wrote in > message news:3C6C977F.CDFD0840@bigpond.com... > > > No. 10: Wasn't bakelite found to have an oestrogen hormone like effect. > > Nope. > > > Bakelite products manufacture was contaminating some American > > waterway and causing small dicks on crocodiles and deformed frogs. > > Not bakelite. > > > Apparently the dust from grinding and sanding > > is also able to cause problems to workers. > > Possibly. > > > Just a little something to think about when > > you boil water in your bakelite jug for coffee. > > No one is that stupid anymore. > > Anyone with any sense microwaves it.
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