Death-Causing Ingredients Going Unlabeled
They call it “proprietary” information.
It doesn’t appear on the labels of products offered to the general public. The federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency, are in league with corporations who don’t want you to know that their products contain highly hazardous ingredients.
Deceptive trade practices abound and the populace is left in the dark.
As an example, Scotchgard, which contains dangerous chemicals that off-gas after purchase, lists on its warning label just a smidgen of information, not the “proprietary” ingredients that supposedly protect the company from competitors finding out what’s really inside. Scotchgard products are used largely for waterproofing, but are even found in medical applications (such as use in some eyeglasses).
Consumers think these items are safe when actually they can be far from it. A company does not have to reveal the “bad chemicals” used in production that linger thereafter and do not warn of the dire consequences that can come from exposure to these items.
The Iconoclast recently interviewed a chemist/whistleblower from one of these corporations who flatly stated that most companies are allowed to keep some ingredients quiet — and these ingredients are usually those that the general public would not embrace.
“In fact,” he said, “if people knew the ingredients of what we are producing, they would be scared to death to go near the stuff. It’s highly dangerous, especially with prolonged exposure, so we don’t tell anyone the negatives of what’s in it. That’s our secret. If we were to put it on labels, nobody would buy it and we would go out of business. It’s a shame. I realize that. But we have our jobs to protect.”
He continued, “The exposure can result in horrible results over time, but how do you prove that we caused it? You can’t, really. Especially since so many companies are doing the same thing.”
The bottom line here is that all ingredients, even the proprietary ones, should appear on labels.
If you have an allergic reaction to a certain chemical and do not know that it is in the product, how do you trace what to avoid? It’s nearly impossible.
Essentially, many companies have ventured into a form of genocide by selling items that are unsafe but that our government allows, thereby nullifying questions from consumers who naturally assume that the products are safe. This act of protecting corporations who knowingly inflict health predicaments and even death on unsuspecting individuals makes elected officials in the federal government and its agencies assassins, too, for allowing this to happen.
Lobbyists have greased our public servants from squeaking the truth.
This is yet another hidden agenda that Americans must withstand, most unaware that this can change their lives…or even end them. If you get cancer or contract respiratory problems, how do you prove it was because of the chemical laden eyeglasses you wore for years that resulted in your breathing bad chemicals every day. You can’t if you have no clue that the hidden exposure was even present.
Accountability continues to be a major problem, and it won’t happen until Americans un-elect people who are owned by corporations and seat honest representatives who are willing to work for the individuals who elect them.
A movement to demand complete labels on all products would be nice, too.
Drug manufacturers wouldn’t like it though, since it would cut into their bottom line by reducing the need for so many of their products to treat inflictions caused by unlabeled products.
Just face it. Big companies control our government and we are their pawns … unless we obtain a few guts and do something about it.
— W. Leon Smith
