Event Listing - City Events, Health & Wellness
Mon Jul 21

The Toxicology of Everyday Products


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Location
Date and Time
Atlas Café
3049 20th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110 map
cross street: Florida
district: Mission

Mon Jul 21 (7pm - 9pm)

Description
There are hidden health dangers in many of the seemingly innocent products we encounter every day - a tube of glue in a kitchen drawer, a bottle of bleach in the laundry room, a rayon scarf on a closet shelf, a brass knob on the front door, a wood plank on an outdoor deck. This is not a matter of one exceptional or corrupt industry, but rather of how run-of-the-mill manufacturing processes and consumer marketing expose workers and the general public alike to toxic hazards. More troubling still, even when such hazards are recognized, calls for their control are routinely ignored.