Butt Chemicals

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Libelous Slander: May 1, 2009; ... you're just creepy ...

http://www.davidsuzuki.org/what-you-can-do/queen-of-green/faqs/toxics/are-there-harmful-chemicals-in-discarded-cigarette-butts/

"" posted:

Flicked out of car windows, stomped out on sidewalks and strewn about our parks and beaches � several trillion cigarette butts are littered worldwide each year.

Cigarette butts can leach chemicals such as cadmium, lead and arsenic into our environment within an hour of contact with water.

About 95 per cent of cigarette filters � added in the 1950s � are made of cellulose acetate. It's a plastic that degrades slowly. And the filter is designed to accumulate toxics. A butt may contain up to 60 known human carcinogens, including formaldehyde and chromium.

Cigarette butts have been discovered in the stomachs of sea turtles, birds and dolphins. As well as exposing the animals to hazardous chemicals, they can also cause digestive blockages. When the butts are lodged in an animal's intestinal tract or collect in the stomach, they can cause death. Nicotine has also been shown to be lethal to certain species of fish and other aquatic organisms. A study by scientists at San Diego State University found that a single cigarette butt containing a small amount of unburned tobacco was enough to contaminate a litre of water and kill half the fish swimming in it.

Some estimates indicate that one in three cigarettes end up as litter. I believe it. Each September I and a host of Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup volunteers pick up more than 400,000 cigarette butts. They're one of the top five litter items, next to plastic bags, food wrappers, caps and lids, and cutlery and dishes.
The good news is that many cities are trying to reduce cigarette butt pollution � and reduce fire hazards and improve the health of people � by banning smoking in parks and at beaches. Thanks to the cities of Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa and Peterborough for leading the way!

Please make sure you are disposing of your butts properly. if you switch to an e-cig you will eliminate butts from your life entirely! let's clean up the earth together, friends

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 00:13

social vegan: Nov 7, 2014

i wish every day of my life that someone would stomp david suzuki's stupid butt out on a sidewalk

# ? Mar 23, 2015 20:36

gnarlyhotep: Sep 30, 2008; by Lowtax; Oven Wrangler

Never drink butt chemicals

# ? Mar 23, 2015 20:36

Hell Yeah: Dec 25, 2012

don't put chemicals in your butt imo

# ? Mar 23, 2015 20:37

Nooner: Mar 26, 2011; AN A+ OPSTER (:

gas thread ban OP

# ? Mar 23, 2015 20:40

gnarlyhotep: Sep 30, 2008; by Lowtax; Oven Wrangler

this is the effect butt chemicals can have on your workout

# ? Mar 23, 2015 20:42

HEY VAPER: May 15, 2014; by XyloJW

did someone say butt chemicals?

# ? Mar 23, 2015 20:44

Libelous Slander: May 1, 2009; ... you're just creepy ...

Nooner posted:

gas thread ban OP

reported, enjoy your ban and your new spot on my ignore list.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 21:00

Radical and BADical!: Jun 27, 2010; by Lowtax; Fun Shoe

i tend to release butt chemicals pretty much constantly when I come into contact with anything

# ? Mar 23, 2015 21:01

gnarlyhotep: Sep 30, 2008; by Lowtax; Oven Wrangler

Claven666 posted:

i tend to release butt chemicals pretty much constantly when I come into contact with anything

that's because youre a squid

# ? Mar 23, 2015 21:02

social vegan: Nov 7, 2014

HEY VAPER posted:

did someone say butt chemicals?

jenkem? i nearly killed em

# ? Mar 23, 2015 21:03

satanic splash-back: Jan 28, 2009

isn't every chemical a butt chemical, when it goes in your butt?

# ? Mar 23, 2015 21:04

Cannon_Fodder: Jul 17, 2007; "Hey, where did Steve go?"
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satanic splash-back posted:

isn't every chemical a butt chemical, when it goes in your butt?

Unless it's a grammar joke.

# ? Mar 23, 2015 21:09

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
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gnarlyhotep posted:

this is the effect butt chemicals can have on your workout

that looks fun

# ? Mar 23, 2015 21:13

Zig-Zag: Aug 29, 2007; Why don't we just start shooting tar heroin instead?

I came in hear expecting to read about vanilla flavoring.

Mmm Beaver butt juice

# ? Mar 23, 2015 21:23

Libelous Slander: May 1, 2009; ... you're just creepy ...

feel free to discuss Castoreum ITT

# ? Mar 23, 2015 21:30

tater_salad: Sep 15, 2007

I save the environment by sucking on a robot dick filled with unknown Chinese chemicals and flavor.

# ? Mar 24, 2015 01:54

whoflungpoop: Sep 9, 2004; With you and the constellations

broccoli and eggs make special butt chemicals

# ? Mar 24, 2015 02:02

Radical and BADical!: Jun 27, 2010; by Lowtax; Fun Shoe

gnarlyhotep posted:

that's because youre a squid

way to steal my thunder, hoss. the big reveal was supposed to be next season

# ? Mar 24, 2015 19:39

NurhacisUrn: Jul 18, 2013; All I can think about is your wife and a horse.
We are working on some SERIOUS SHIT in here.

Libelous Slander posted:

Please make sure you are disposing of smokers properly.

I think this would go a long way to solving the problem.

# ? Mar 24, 2015 19:51

eonwe: Aug 11, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

Remember when tcc goons were taking that crazy drug

# ? Mar 24, 2015 19:59

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
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Laugh and cry

Eonwe posted:

Remember when tcc goons were taking that crazy drug

LOL that was hilarious!! like that guy who bought a piano hahahaha

remember when that guy baked himself to death in his car? lmo

# ? Mar 24, 2015 20:01

proof of concept: Mar 6, 2005; by FactsAreUseless

Xaris posted:

LOL that was hilarious!! like that guy who bought a piano hahahaha

remember when that guy baked himself to death in his car? lmo

I agree that both of these things are hilarious
also the part where the wife of the second one got on his account and asked for advice on committing insurance fraud over it so she could get more money for drugs

# ? Mar 24, 2015 20:05

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

proof of concept posted:

I agree that both of these things are hilarious
also the part where the wife of the second one got on his account and asked for advice on committing insurance fraud over it so she could get more money for drugs

yea LOL. also remember that other gay goon's husband who died in a movie theatre of constipaton from being addicted to immodium and other butt plugging chemicals?

that loving owned

# ? Mar 24, 2015 20:21

Libelous Slander: May 1, 2009; ... you're just creepy ...

remember when roboshit was bleeding on camera

# ? Mar 24, 2015 20:25

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 00:13

proof of concept: Mar 6, 2005; by FactsAreUseless

^^ missed that one, link?

Xaris posted:

yea LOL. also remember that other gay goon's husband who died in a movie theatre of constipaton from being addicted to immodium and other butt plugging chemicals?

that loving owned

wow butt chemicals sound really dangerous
the real lesson is don't cave in to peer pressure

# ? Mar 24, 2015 20:27

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