that said, what about ‘all natural’ products which are, in fact, quite hazardous to human health? There’s a lot of things currently marketed as ‘herbal medicine’ not regulated by the FDA which can make people extremely sick; yet because it is ‘all natural’ and ‘comes from mother earth’ people still swear by them.

another interesting point about the list above: I know a great many people who would argue that asbestos, arsenic, formaldehyde, mercury, and radiation aren’t ‘natural’ at all. To many people, ‘natural’ means only things that ‘grow in nature’ – to them, plant and animal products (at least for the most part). It astounds me how many people assume that just because it’s not a plant product, it’s not ‘natural’ – for goodness’ sake, iron, gold, silver, and lead are natural too.