The Paramus municipal pool has been enjoyed by many thousands, for decades. The happy sounds of summer fun have been heard from there for many, many years. Homes, schools and libraries have been in the surrounding Paramus area for many decades. The Paramus valley region was inhabited and farmed for well over 2 centuries. Major federal and state highways transect the Borough through which vast populations of vehicles in every state of environmental repair course through town continuously day and night. In all this time of intensive use and habitation there have been no documented cases of death, poisoning, short or long term illnesses or any health anomalies acquired by human inhabitants caused by chemicals or contamination or pollution. More real contamination, is to be gotten from second hand smoke, lead paint, sugar, poor diet, abuse of alcohol tobacco and firearms and ignorance than from any chemical pollution. There are many data to support these latter. There are no data to support the former.
The introduction, over the decades, of an abundance of lawyers into the general population (there are about 80,000 in NJ alone) and the resultant litigious nature spawned by their frenzied desire to feed from the misery of their clients has bred the fun out of life and especially childhood. Our politicians and administrators are so terrified of possible lawsuits, they can not fully apply their skills and intelligence to the task of solving real problems. They are bogged down trying to assuage irate people whose lawyers and television advertises there could be personal injury or class action money in it for them. So, for now, let's just remember the best parts of our own childhood as these are the only fun times we can hope for in a society made "safe" by over-regulation and lawyering.
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