Abc Horrors

Arsenic
Bisphenol-A
Cresol
Defoliants
Ethanol
Formaldehyde
Government collusion
Herbicides
Insecticides
Junk food
Killing us all
Lead
Mercury
Naphthalene
Oil
Pesticides
Quiet destruction
Rodenticides
Styrene butadine
Trichlorothylene
U.S. produced 15 trillion lbs. of chemicals in 2007
Vinyl chloride
Water pollution
Xylene
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Zero tolerance


*** "Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children"
         by Philip & Alice Shabecoff

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009



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Date: 2/28/2009 7:22:00 AM
This is great. I am sending this to freinds. I think about the poisones all the time. I chose to read this poem because I thought it was about the network ABC this is just as good
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Date: 2/21/2009 10:33:00 AM
They should put it all together and make power ade for politicians. Vince
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Date: 2/16/2009 1:50:00 PM
Sue, this is the first work of yours I have read, but it certainly won't be the last. Very powerful. "Travel Agent" is along the same lines in meaning, but cannot emulate your verse form. Well done! Carolyn
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Date: 2/9/2009 11:37:00 AM
What a creative use of this difficult form. Love the ending!! Much to think about in this timely poem. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. Karen
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