tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516432143173419194.post7264207156816534432..comments2023-10-23T17:28:57.604-04:00Comments on The Other 95%: Saving Species Doesn't Harm the PoorKevin Zelniohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14192385384151149566noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516432143173419194.post-58254214124854015692008-08-07T18:52:00.000-04:002008-08-07T18:52:00.000-04:00Really? People say this?While I did not grow up in...Really? People say this?<BR/>While I did not grow up in the rainforest, I did grow up in a really poor neighborhood (public housing and the whole 9 yds). I have read a lot of studies that it is in these urban poor areas that kids are exposed to higher environmental toxin levels than what kids in the burbs or even wealthier areas experience.<BR/>I have an enormous suite of health problems, despite my young age, which my doctors always find shocking. I have begun to seriously wonder if it is because of (unknown) toxin exposure as a child. Of course I will never be able to prove it, but it has seriously influenced my goal to live as eco-friendly as possible and support healthy habitat preservation for people the world over.Margothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01354931288147701203noreply@blogger.com