When is the hype manufactured by money-grubbing Greenpeace activists going to claim its first human life?
To date, victims of the Greenpeace hit list have included those in the business of vinyl window blinds and toys. Now Greenpeace, and its surrogate, Health Care Without Harm is bringing pressure to bear against vinyl medical products, used to sustain human life in our hospitals. In 1999, vinyl is used in more than a quarter of all medical products made with plastic—from inflatable splints, to blood and I.V. bags, to catheters used in hernodialysis and cardiac procedures.
During the annual Christmas rush, Greenpeace activists were targetting children’s toys made with PVC (polyvinyl chloride). March--ironically official Red Cross Month--finds the activists going after blood and IV bags as well as medical tubing.
According to their friends in the mainline media, the most recent Greenpeace study found large amounts of a chemical called DEHP (di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate) in a number of the blood and I.V. bags and medical tubing.
The problem is Greenpeace studies have been found wanting in both truth and scientific fact.
Indeed, Greenpeace, which maintains Toronto offices at 250 Dundas West, has been found completely untrustworthy as far as PVC is concerned in other parts of the world.
“The world’s largest environmental organization” was twice convicted in the Netherlands by the Advertising Code Commission for calling PVC toys "toxic".
When Greenpeace launched a formal complaint in Germany against a group known as the Chlorophiles for the distribution of an essay, the courts ruled against Greenpeace. The judgment states explicitly that Greenpeace tells half truths and implicitly that they tell untruths about PVC.
Geeenpeace was invited by the Dutch Ministry of the Environment (VROM) to participate in an investigation of all chlorine uses in the Netherlands. They refused.
Group members took their leave from governmental expert debates about PVC use in Flanders, Belgium and recently quit the same process in Spain after only a few sessions.
Hypocritically, Greenpeace activists use PVC products themselves. PVC is used to make records and albums including the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior on sale in record stores, and with credit cards through which the organization solicits its funds from John Q. Public. In addition, Greenpeace promotes products like copper and steel--which have been scientifically proven to pollute more than PVC for use in pipes.
That track record is a sad commentary on a multinational whose members call themselves "environmentalists".
Carol A. Talacki, M.D., Senior Medical Advisor to the Vinyl Industry concludes in her recent essay that “too much activism may be hazardous to your health.”
“With the spread of new and resurgent infectious diseases, now more than ever we need the protection provided by disposable, single-use vinyl products. It would be a grave disservice and potentially dangerous—to both caregivers and patients alike—to remove vinyl from medical applications based solely on activist pressure. Decisions about the use of these products should be left to government regulators and health care providers who depend on them every day—not to those peddling hysteria. The conclusion is clear. Removing vinyl medical products will do a lot more harm than good.”
Born 25 years ago, Greenpeace is really the creation of a small group of Canadians. The organization boasts it has the support of 250,000 supporters across the country.
Greenpeace owes Canadians and their neighbours in the global community responsibility for their actions.
If not, the conduct of Greenpeace should be dealt with in court.