Why do "Babyboomers" appear to be sicker?

Worried billionaires can do something about the financial inequality!

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I don't qualify as a Baby Boomer; too old for that, close to 83.

There is hardly anything about the world that is the same as when I was growing up. It was cleaner, the air was purer, and we ingested fewer chemicals. The oranges and tomatoes I ate had ripened naturally, not forced to be attractive by gassing them. Home freezers were not at all common, so we pretty much ate fresh meat, poultry, and fish.
I don't remember anything plastic in the 40s and 50s...if it wasn't china or ceramic or even Melmac; it was paper. None of our cleaning agents were as powerful; elbow grease meant the most. I love the modern convenience of the microwave but think how often items are heated in plastic containers. All the water available was good clean water. Did you ever think you would pay money for water in a plastic bottle? What is in a Monster drink?
The worst and most shocking thing in high school was drinking a beer~ not hard liquor mixed with marijuana (I know it has medicinal benefits) maybe mixed with a few mushrooms. I'd only read about cocaine in my social studies book yet I lived its horror with one of my sons who is 62 and now clean.
In a nutshell....fresh, clean, healthy air and ecosystem are history....and it can't be helping. Life was simpler then. No Visa, so you only purchased what you could afford. Much less tension...families compromised and managed with one car. The cost of living and wages earned have the widest gap ever. I feel bad for the Boomers and wish I could say it isn't getting worse.🥲💞

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I don't qualify as a Baby Boomer; too old for that, close to 83.

There is hardly anything about the world that is the same as when I was growing up. It was cleaner, the air was purer, and we ingested fewer chemicals. The oranges and tomatoes I ate had ripened naturally, not forced to be attractive by gassing them. Home freezers were not at all common, so we pretty much ate fresh meat, poultry, and fish.
I don't remember anything plastic in the 40s and 50s...if it wasn't china or ceramic or even Melmac; it was paper. None of our cleaning agents were as powerful; elbow grease meant the most. I love the modern convenience of the microwave but think how often items are heated in plastic containers. All the water available was good clean water. Did you ever think you would pay money for water in a plastic bottle? What is in a Monster drink?
The worst and most shocking thing in high school was drinking a beer~ not hard liquor mixed with marijuana (I know it has medicinal benefits) maybe mixed with a few mushrooms. I'd only read about cocaine in my social studies book yet I lived its horror with one of my sons who is 62 and now clean.
In a nutshell....fresh, clean, healthy air and ecosystem are history....and it can't be helping. Life was simpler then. No Visa, so you only purchased what you could afford. Much less tension...families compromised and managed with one car. The cost of living and wages earned have the widest gap ever. I feel bad for the Boomers and wish I could say it isn't getting worse.🥲💞

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