It’s tempting to succumb to liberal guilt when “everything from melting ice caps to parched croplands threaten an all but certain apocalypse–on our watch,” as we wrote in the March-April issue of Utne Reader, but it turns out there’s less to be guilty about than we thought. Tuesday’s New York Times assures us that 10 things we worry about are no cause for concern. From defending the harmlessness of hot dogs and plastic bags to claiming BPA in plastic bottles is not harmful to humans, the list will irk many, even as it frees a few to scarf down a foot-long, take a swig from their Nalgene, and crank up their car’s AC.
- Published on Jul 31, 2008