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Posted by Ron on July 15, 2004 at 12:05:46 from (69.179.21.81):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: OT: banned insecticides posted by TimFL on July 15, 2004 at 10:52:14:
Very few things are "black" or "white" in life. There is some degree of harm inherent in every chemical, even some seemingly inncocent ones like aspirin. I certainly agree that we must conduct an assessment of each and do a fair and impartial analysis of the benefits and harm that each brings. The problem is the "fair and impartial" part. Not too long ago 7 liars who were heads of the major tobacco companies testified in front of Congress that cigarettes are not harmful. One even testified that they are beneficial. While Congress got this one right, they, and our federal and state governments continue to allow companies to lie about the dangers associated with the products they make. There is little risk for the companies to continue to do so. They make billions, poison us, lie about it, and then when they get caught years down the road, they pay off their favorite politicians to avoid any major consequences or, if they exhaust that avenue, they just go bankrupt. Society pays for all off this, that's us, the taxpayers, who foot the bill for everything that goes on in this country. The answer isn't easy, I certainly don't have it, but even if we had fair and impartial testing, who then sets the allowable risk limit? If a chemical helps 100 people but kills 1, it might seem like a fair trade-off, or is it? I guess it depends on whether you are one of the 100... or the 1. In any case, it should be up to us to make the decision, an informed decision, based on facts. As it stands right now, society cannot trust the companies nor the government to provide facts. The only thing that has changed in the last 40 years is that both of them have become much more clever liars.
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