Perfluortenside – the long shadows of the past

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Perfluortenside - the long shadows of the past

A 3M invention of 1947: PFOA. The ammonium salt is used as a surfactant to keep fluorinated monomers during emulsion polymerization to PTFE in solution. Image: Bernd Schroder

Creeping Storfall – Redux

See also: Industrial Chemicals: Perfluorenside Contamin the Environment

Non-adhesive achievements have their price

In February 2017, Chemistry companies have approved DuPont and Chemours of a payment of $ 670 million. This should be the complaints of 3.550 residents Ohios and West Virginias. The Dupont Factory in Parkersburg, West Virginia, had contaminated the drinking water of the area with perfluoroctanaure (PFOA) and led to health problems under the plaintuts, which took this water sometimes nothing suspended.

Perfluorated and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFC) with surface active properties have been produced for more than 60 years. Everywhere, where environmental chemists are looking for today, they become understate. You will find the substances in the blood or the organs of the Atlantic salmon and the trout of ontariaes, in icebar and tapered robes, in cormorans and sea eaters. Whether in the Baltic Sea or in the Mediterranean, whether in the Arctic or on the Midway islands in the middle of the North Pacific: PFC are now to be found everywhere – even in humans.

PFCs have immortalized in drinking water and in almost every angle of the food chain until further notice – worldwide. They do not rich like most long-lasting organic pollutants (persistent organic pollutants – pops) in fatty tie, but in muscle tie, kidney, liver and gallbladder; In addition, they missed bonds with proteins of the blood serum.

Two representatives came to notorious rearance: Pfos and Pfoa. Perfluoroctansulfonate (PFOs) has already been pulled out of traffic due to its risk potential and is only occasionally used in special applications. For Perfluoroctanaure (PFOA), which is said to be a similar harmful potential, the shouting was more difficult – it applies in the industry to be difficult to replace.

DuPont had liven for decades of rough quantities Pfoa with the wastewater of the Parkersburg factory in the Ohio River. From the 1980s, thousands of tons of Pfoa-containing sludge were stored on a landfill from which the chemical entered the water cycle. The drinking water of more than 100.000 Residents of the adjacent communities of Parkersburg, Vienna, Little Hocking and Lubeck was contaminated.

N-methyl-perfluorooctansulfonamidoethanol (N-Mefose). To the first perfluorensiden on the market, patch protection products of 3M, based on perfluoroalkylsulfonamidoethanols. A degradation products: Pfos. Image: Bernd Schroder

Who actually bought the 1.885 trillion US dollars in US government papers emitted in the fiscal year 2009?

According to current Treasury Bulletin

In view of the emerging US deficit, one is already advisable to the bond markets, as it is possible that US government bonds can still be sold so easily. So the Canadian investment company "Sprott Asset Management" Already in summer that the US Finance Ministry of 2009 would have to settle well three times as many government bonds as in the previous year and wondered which of the good commercial layers were probably ready to lose these quantities.

Because of the traditional buyers but far and wide nobody seemed to have the capacities to record these papers, Sprott expected for the second year’s gauges serious sales ies, which, however, did not occur:

No failed auctions, no downgrading, no significant increase in long-term interest rates (which behave mirror image on bond prices), because we have to ask ourselves why that has gone so smooth. After all, it was quite obvious that not enough "normal" Purchasing power was present to accommodate the auctions.

According to the current report of the Ministry of Finance, the Treasury Bulletin, in the fiscal year 2009, 8,885 trillion dollars were emitted to state debt, of which "foreign and international purchasers "had took over 697.5 billion, which made an increase of at least 23 percent in the previous year. The Federal Reserve was officially 286 billion. even with almost 60 percent more decreased, during local public boreships their passed net degradations and practically stagnated those of pension and other funds. According to the Treasury Bulletin, it was the same above all the category "other investors", The after 90.1bn. In the previous year in the first 3 quarters 2009 whopping 510.1 billion. Had bought dollars, so on the full year so well, seven fold.

Of course, the traces of more than one third of the annual emission lose themselves, because the Treasury Bulletin identifies the "Other investors" Simply as what is not mentioned in the other categories, ie all individuals, government-sponsored enterprises (GSE) such as the mortgage banks nationalized in the previous year, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Brokers and Dealers, companies, such as all possible other private professions public investors.

But since none of these groups aroused the appearance of buying the funds to buy so massive, spright into the officials "Flow of Funds"-Data of the Federal Reserve, which should be detailed about the owners of US government bonds. Here are the GSES with shopping of 5 billion, Broker and Dealers had net $ 80 billion. Sold, during commercial banks had bought as much. Companies have adopted further government securities for net $ 11.6 billion, which is all modest 16.1 billion together. Dollars added net.

The low part of 528.7 billion. Dollars had the Flow of Funds "households" took over, which in the previous year, however, government papers for just 15 billion. Had bought dollars. In view of the rather printed income situation, the question arises on how the households suddenly decreased the 35fache quantity of the previous year, nor, as categories such as Money Market Funds, Mutual Funds, ETFs, life insurance and pension and investment funds are assigned their own categories and specified species. Here, too, there is a look at the methodology information, the statistically comprises the "households" Not only their private investments, but again simply everything else was now assigned.

For 4 years ago with a very ultimate proof of manipulation of the gold market by the central banks, it is clear that only a single investor remains short, the Fed itself, which in the course of her "Quantitative "Ease" in 2. Quarter almost half the half and 3. Quarter 30 percent of total sovereign debt emissions should have.

Apparently, it was only possible with accounting tricks to keep these sums out of the official Fed passed, for example by being used as backparting agreements ("Repos") and not booked as a direct purchase. However, that does not ask for the US that the US has been struggling the note press in even higher mabe than already known anyway already known. Because this "Quantitative Easing" does not mean other than that the Fed has tripled its balance sheet 2009 approximately by simply bought bonds against self-fabricated dollars.

This was probably necessary bitterly, because the foreign buyers and of them especially the foreign central banks, were not ready to continue to finance the US as far as before. Thus, Zhu Min, vice-proofer of the Chinese central bank, according to Shanghai-Daily last unflunted that it is becoming increasingly difficult for the US because of the worldwide rapid export buersisse, to settle his state debt. "The United States can not force foreign governments to increase their insight into US government bonds. To double this weight is definitely impossible." China will continue to buy, but no longer at this pace:

The public account deficit of the US is back because the Americans save more. This is how the trade is back, which means that there are less dollars worldwide to buy government bonds.

FUR BILL H. Gross, Managing Director of the PIMCO, the world-growing bond funds for alliance, is therefore a Ponzi scheme for a long time (so, pyramid game-like financial assets are mentioned in the US, in which new investors are expedient to existing investors to new ones To attract investors). He has recently reduced his stock of Treasuries to a minimum mass and hold high cash-weight.

However, great ames that the private investors should finish with the fact that the only rough bond investor is currently the US itself and continue to play this game. While US government bonds were eliminated, investors should focus on bonds that are recognized by the Fed. Soon this could soon be all possible species of bonds based on credit card debt or car and student loans. However, especially good opportunities for a state depreciation campaign he sees in the debts of the city or regions, which are now extremely difficult times, but which were barely sent by the government in bankruptcy.

More and more Frenchmen mobilize against the omniprators of advertising and defend their right to the "Freedom of the view"

By role model of Canadian adbusters, grupps and clubs are forming to take the fight of David against Goliath via the Internet. Naomi Klein’s book "No logo!" was only published in France in early May and has launched a public discussion that has been taking place on numerous internet forums (hacktivists in Logoland). The French anti-advertising onrode and framed posters, processes against the "Optical pollution" and understands the media attention with sensational actions with sensational actions. Ex-advertiser and now-the-minded bestsellor Frederic Beigbeder (danger in the suit – and with tie) is passed on by talk show to talkshow to the "Ensupance of humanity through advertising" to put the pillory.

Every day, a resident of the industrialized countries with 2500 advertising messages is confronted. Leaders are the United States whose burgers have to digest at least 1 million advertising contacts per year. With the sheer immobilization possibilities via TV, radio, print media, internet, posters and the ubiquitous brand logos you had to inhabit a lonely island to escape the suck promises of the advertising converter.

18 million advertising interconnections were brought by the French media under Volk in 2000. In all the lure voices, however, it becomes more and more difficult to bring his message to the man / woman: according to a market study, 85% of advertising messages never reach their target group, or. Do not create the attention of the targeted consumers. From the remaining 15% 5% are subject to the so-called "Boomerang effect", Which means that the awkward effect is wrong in your opposite. Only a total of 10% achieve their target audience. After 24 hours, it is only 5%, which receive the advertising message and also keep. The top priority for a successful campaign is therefore consistent in the penetrance: only with the steady repetition you can reach its goal, explores a Coca-Cola manager.

Creative against the advertising aggression

Ironically, former advertising is the one that is one of the "Casseurs de Pub" (Advertising starters have formed. Like the Canadian Adbusters, they organize shopping-free days, call for a week without television and ask the visitors to their Internet site to home without trademarks.

"Our coarse parents wore religious insignia, our generation political and our children wear brands", Write the antiwerbe activist Paul Aries on the antipub.net. If you do not contribute to a brand, you can count on social exclusion, is called it. Primary goal of the brand’s strategists are children before 3. Year of life, because in this old logo is particularly good and the foundation stone can be placed on brand loyalty.

"Most children may be before the 6. or 8. Life of life do not distinguish between advertising and program content. This ability usually develops only from the 10. age", explains the Swedish Minister of Culture Marita Uluskog. Under the EU chairman of Sweden, therefore, the legal inspection of the advertising, which is primarily addressed primarily at children, will still be encouraged.

Despite extensive medical attention and acting support Frederic Beigbeders – the day without Purchasing last November, the bestselling author focused on the activists from Parisian shopping paradises to prevent the previously heated consumers from it, "For your families to buy disk gifts" – could not mobilize the day without a purchase or week without television insanely many French.

censorship?

Last but not least, that may be because the two TV spots that the French adbusters had planned as a call, despite purchasing the advertising placements were not sent. The French control documents for advertising activations BVP (Bureau de Verification de la Publicite) had rejected the spots with the argument that their content "not of general interest" were. The law had not provided access to clubs and non-profit organizations on advertising interconnections.

The Casseurs de Pub has now called the Media Control Hard CSA (Conseil Superieur de l ‘Audiovisuel) to place the paradoxical situation that currently in France has profit-oriented companies such as Benetton’s alleged non-profit embassies to sell their sweaters, but Recognized NGOs like Amnesty International have to accept that spots are rejected by the BVP to put an end. This statutory LUCKE MUSSE will be closed to advance a bar of the BVP’s arbitrarial behavior.

In October 1999, the BVP had rejected an amnesty international campaign against violations of human rights in the United States. Argument: This campaign dangerous the good cooperation between the states. All this is probably easy to explain with the fact that that "Buro for checking advertising", The BVP, coarse part of professional from the advertising industry is occupied.

"You do not get any problems today when you give politicians publicly. However, if you attach yourself to the multinational corporations, so tremble all," says Raul Anvelaut of the "Casseurs de Pub" in an interview with the prestigious monthly newspaper Le Monde Diplomatique, which your may ie the "Advertising" (La Pieuvre Publicitaire) has dedicated.

The watchdogs defend themselves against sexist advertising

With very similar problems like the "Advertising starter" has the feminist group Les Chiennes de Garde, to German "The watchdogs", to fight. FRANZOSIC FEMINists have been running for years against sexism in advertising. Sometimes even success: So Z.B. A supermarket chain – after heavy protests of feminists – signpacks back on which a half-naked, sitting woman with spread legs were seen. Below it was read: " If you have almost nothing, discover that we have a lot in us!". With "she" were manner meant.

However, the BVP had not obeyed this advertising campaign. "The advertising machine has a variety of eyes", Writes the Prasidential of the Chiennes de Garde, Isabelle Alonso. "It is not taught the image of women who have women of women, but have the manner of us. Although a coarse part of the advertisements turn to the so-called housewife." However, the fight against the degrading representation of women in advertising, but the watchdogs often appear like a fight against Windmuhlen: The self-imposed statutes of the BVP are so vagulating that it is difficult, or. It is impossible to achieve the banned of a sexist advertising campaign at the Contramburo.

For a logo-free landscape

Factive support in the fight against "The colionalization of our consciousness by advertising" comes from the side of the environmental protection. The association Paysages de France (Landscapes of France) not only complains of the fact that advertising propagates an ideology of unrestricted economic growth, which destroys our planet. But also that both urban and rural landscapes were abused as advertising flakes and survived the freedom of the look. The members of the association gather almost every weekend from illegally attached poster flakes to force the local politicians to respond.

RETURN TO SENDER

Also on advertising posters it has "Resistance to advertising aggression" (Resistance à l’Agression Publicitaire). On the brightest day, framed and destroy the activists unpleasant posters. On your internetite, which you together with the "Casseurs de Pub" operate, give tips on how to avoid advertising on the internet. And call for future advertising referenders to reflect the mailing programs – as they themselves – consistently to the sender.

During some of the advertising laborers, as a media effective, and, for example, made until last February in 15 McDonalds branches for restlessness – the members of a group called "Agitatory apprentices for a network of global resistance" (Apprentis Agitateurs Pour Un Reseau de Resistance Global) had as engravings of the "World capitalism" Demonstrated – demonstrated, others are based on their internetites, such as Z.B. www.E-Connerie.com, advertising campaigns to framed and persified. However, those who engage in the brand logos of the multis must expect difficulties.

Graphic community is a unnecessary luxury!

The amusement of the restructuring measures of the Gervais-Danone group rounded JeboyCottedanone.Net, which called the consumers of the Boycott of the DanoneProducts, was now taken from the Belfare Reseau Voltaire from the net. The milk giant did not taste the alienation and persiflierung of his brand logos at all and moved to court.

At the 14th. Mai has a French judge that the right to free community expenses in relation to the policy of the Danoegroup is sufficiently present at a verbal level. However, the right to graphic freedom is an unnecessary luxury! The judge prohibited the Reseau Voltaire to designate the Gervais Danoegroup by graphical representations. As a result, the Reseau Voltaire decided to trigger the boycott site, as their right to freely clit freely and a comprehensive presentation of the Danone group is no longer possible. It was objectioned to this frosting and has since reached the formation of a Parliamentary Inquiry Committee, which should devote itself to the preservation of fundamental freedoms on the Internet.

ad against AD

Frederic Beigbeders literary persiflage of the advertising industry "39.90" is probably a prime example of successful publishing marketing. No wonder, Beigbeder himself is ex-employee of advertising sizes "YoungRubicam" and the marketing strategies certainly still powerful. "Indeed," explain the Casseurs de Pub – all self advertisement -, "You can only beat them with your own weapons. Because media attention is unassailable and the preservation is only with sensational, advertising actions."

The coarse danger for the current antiweric discourse sees Francois Brune in his article in the Monde Diplomatique in that one on both sides of the same "Tag language" serve. The communication style typical for the advertising industry of shortening and instrumentalization of socio-political topics, muse from the critics with more thoughtful.

But the entanglements between the two advertising busts continue to go: Finally, most media are financed to the large part of advertising revenue and thus depended on the hundreddown of their advertiser.

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