”Hey, Dudes . . .
Ever stop and look around at this earth? On a totally awesome day, the sky is blue...and flowers are blooming...and the air smells great. But what’s really happening to the planet?
We’re here to show how you can pitch in to help save our planet from some of the bad things that are happening to it.”
And so begins the 32 page tome “written” by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The book is just full of gems that are long on hysteria and short on facts.
For example, we are told that “CFCs are the gases used to push stuff out of aerosol spray cans.”
Apparently, the Turtles have been hiding in the sewers since 1977, when that use for CFCs disappeared.
Also, we find that “the lead that used to be in gasoline produced dioxins.”
No doubt the Turtles are now working on the new chemistry textbook which will reveal this, as yet unknown, reaction.
As is the case with so many environmental Chicken Littles, the Turtles have heard all the words, but they don’t know what any of them mean.
Additionally, the entire book is couched in very anti-parent language. (Your rotten parents polluted this planet and are too ignorant and uncaring to do anything about it...Dude.)
References
- 1. P. R. McCurdy, Today’s Chemist, Volume 4 (June, 1991) pp 4-6.
- 2. J. K. Rosser, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ ABC’s for a Better Planet (Random House: New York), (1991).