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@TheBeaver: Thanks for posting this! The illustrated timetable in this video, along with the many products introduced over the years neatly jogged my memory. I clearly remember seeing all this stuff promoted and happily purchased by busy housewives like my grandmothers, my mother and me. I seem to remember the slogan, “Better Living Through Chemistry” in the mid-seventies on a trip to Disney World. Struck me as odd at the time but what better place to advertise to America the saccharine “Disneyfication” of “It’s a Small, Small World”? It worked! It tune echoed, entangled and sunk seamlessly into our consciousness along with those oh so dazzling memes of Tomorrowland, Adventureland, and Fantasyland. The sweet, modern march of Progress through the genius and imagination of Science. But I chose another path when my babies came along, one that refused 9-5 obstetrics, baby formulas, and commercial baby foods. Wasn’t the “modern” way and I took some flack. I’m still taking flack for my selective embracement of modernity and ironically from those same breastfed babies of mine
Over the decades I ditched using anything non-stick, never bought a microwave, avoid pre-prepared foods. Now I seldom eat in restaurants, refuse to buy “smart” appliances and this computer is hardwired. However, what remains of the human majority of my being still needs to breath and eat. Being a hunter/gather was no doubt a hard existence, but for those of us living in this poisoned environment every day is a choice between lesser evils. “Better Living Through Chemistry” was prophetic, setting up for our transformation into “living machines”, rather than nurturing living humans. The damage to our planet a small cost to pay for bazillions in profits. Today finding anything untainted in this small, small, toxic world is a life-or-death search for those of us consciously “toxicity hesitant”.
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It actually should say “How DUPONT poisoned the world”. Teflon was just a fraction of their toxic products. I used to sail with a former Dupont “inventor” who developed/patented naughayide. Now there is a YIKES product, too!
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Oh, please, give me strength. I am weary of hearing that “Being a hunter/gatherer was no doubt a hard existence” . No offence to you personally 
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But, : ¹) just how many elk, buffalo or moose do you really need to eat in a day?? ; ²) gathering greens and the occasional seasonal fruits for today’s salad would be fun, and not that exerting ; ³) fish would present themselves at the opportune moment, and would be an occasional delight.
A look into the “Lifestyles of the Poor and Unknown” , such as the aborigines( yes, not PC, I know, but I’m oldschool) of Australia reveals that they have LOTS of time for magical living, songs, laughter, dreaming( dreamtime! ) , walkabouts, meditation, FUN, &c. And this must have been even easier before the advent of the likes of Conquistadors, British Imperialists and the U.S. Cavalry. For example, buffalo( /bison) were plentiful in North America before the order came down to wipe them out by the hundreds of millions — in one fell swoop, as it were; thus depriving the Indians( yes, many still prefer to be called that) of their main source of food — the U.S. Army finally realized that they were unconquerable unless and until they did that dirty deed.
So please, folks, no more of that sad old trope about those wornout cavemen who would have had no time or energy for cave paintings or sacred site-building. OK?
[ rant over] 
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There are still a lot of Elk in Colorado
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Good rant by the way!
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