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Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
This is why I don't buy organic products ...
The cat litter was used to absorb moisture in sealed barrels of nuclear waste at Los Alamos, home to the some of the world's finest scientists. Officials have said cat litter has long been used to pack waste because of its absorption and neutralizing qualities. It's commonly used, for example, by people to soak up oil spills in driveways. But Los Alamos switched from nonorganic to organic litter for packing waste in 2013, and the theory is that some kind of chemical reaction occurred between waste containing nitrate salts and the new litter. Officials said they are investigating who made the decision to make the switch and what process was followed.
Here is the article: http://news.msn.com/us/is-cat-litter-to-blame-for-nuke-dump-leak
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/23 15:27:45
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I still lean towards fewer artificial chemicals on my fruit as opposed to more.
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/23 15:35:05
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... unless of course your fruit is radioactive.
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/23 15:38:56
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Should auld acquaintance be forgot--hey, who the hell are you guys? X2(X3 pending hardware upgrade), Emulator X2, E-mu 1212M, Virtual String Machine
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quantumeffect
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/23 16:00:42
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This is what happens when you remove the lead from products!
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quantumeffect
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/23 16:10:07
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It would be interesting to know what product they used and if there was a government contract involved. Was it Tidy Cat, Fresh Step or possibly Arm & Hammer's Multi-Cat? I did notice that the box said it was approved for use in nuclear weapon test site facilities but I never gave it a lot of thought.
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/23 17:13:23
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 It's all part of their master plan.
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quantumeffect
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/23 17:22:33
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I am sure Steve would have something to say about this.
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/23 17:32:00
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craigb
It's all part of their master plan.
I'm all for it. :P
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/23 19:07:51
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So is organic kitty litter grown without pesticides then? I tried doing that and my kitty litter plants were attacked by aphids, the yield was low and the taste was definitely impacted.
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/23 23:41:02
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I hate the kitty litter that makes clouds of dust when you scoop it. I always feel like I should be wearing a mask. Am I breathing in particles of cat poop? Because that stuff can have toxoplasmosis in it. A horrible disease which can lie dormant in the body for years and cause blindness. My dad had it a few years ago. It started off as a brown spot on his field of vision which wouldn't go away. He was on all sorts of horrible medication (steroids etc) and had to have injections in his eye before he was cured.
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/24 04:30:50
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Just one more reason not to have cats?  (Someday I'll still take my chances though.  )
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/24 15:54:22
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sharke
I hate the kitty litter that makes clouds of dust when you scoop it. I always feel like I should be wearing a mask. Am I breathing in particles of cat poop? Because that stuff can have toxoplasmosis in it. A horrible disease which can lie dormant in the body for years and cause blindness. My dad had it a few years ago. It started off as a brown spot on his field of vision which wouldn't go away. He was on all sorts of horrible medication (steroids etc) and had to have injections in his eye before he was cured.
See, I'd never really thought about that. Though, usually, the dust cloud happens when I put new litter in, not when I scoop it. But at any rate, toxic or not, the dust cloud itself is so annoying that I avoid using brands/types which have that problem. I've recently bought a box of Arm & Hammer Clump and Seal for one of the litters - best I've ever tried. 
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/24 19:34:05
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All the added chemicals in and on our food can do much harm overtime. We just don't know all the consequences yet. As soon as we learn that something is bad for us, we yank it from the food chain or slap a label on it.
We just don't know enough to call all processed food/products safe until a generation has already suffered from it.
Wonderbread was supposed to build bodies in many ways. It was junk.
Frozen dinners, processed meats and vegetables, sugar laden drinks are all on my doctor's no list. Any good nutritionist will spell out the benefits of reducing processed food with organic food as you can.
Do I eat all organic? Hardly. But I do know the difference between what is good for me and not. It is then my choice to decide. :)
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/24 19:37:28
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Usually I like threads in The Coffee House because of where they are going...but I like this one from the get-go, no pussyfooting around... 13 posts and still on-topic, cat litter. I feel so left out, I have a dog, so nothing to add to the debate....carry on...
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/24 19:56:35
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Whoever has lived on a small farm, grown vegetables and fruits would probably tell us how tasteless the food we buy on the shelf is compared to what one could grow in his little garden.
I remember when I was a kid how impatient we were for summer to come to be able to grow fresh veggies - because that stuff was so delicious compared to the industrially produced food.
Once you get off the industrial junk, you quickly regain your sense of taste - there's just no going back, and I was quick to realize that. It's also weird at first when you start losing veggies and fruits - you realize that these things were never supposed to last you as long as the non-organic stuff does.
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/24 21:12:34
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/24 21:23:06
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/24 23:46:09
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/24 23:52:01
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Re: Yet Another Reason to Not Buy Into the Whole "Organic" Obsession
2014/05/25 10:52:00
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OHHHHH YEAHHHHH. Can't believe Bapu missed that!
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