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Posted 10 June 2010 - 09:33 AM

We Are the World’s Healthiest Chemophobes

THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN MISLED BY AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCAREMONGERS, FUNDS-SEEKING ACADEMICS, SENSATION-SEEKING MEDIA, VOTE-SEEKING POLITICIANS AND PROFIT-SEEKING VESTED INTERESTS

Recently there appeared a CNN special report called “Toxic America” which falsely claimed “that trace levels of environmental chemicals are causing myriad disease in America, from cancer to diabetes and more. Dr. Elizabeth Whelan from the American Council on Science and Health stated “It was worse than I could have imagine. “ She went on to say that “The most shocking part of it was that they recruited people from certain towns who thought that they were harmed by chemicals, and brought them all together to talk about how dangerous these substances are.” ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross agreed with Whelan saying that, “Their segment about so-called ‘toxic towns’ was bizarrely unscientific. When a physician bills himself as an expert and gathers people in a room who believe they were sickened by chemicals, taking a show of hands to see who believes they were harmed, there’s no scientific basis to that whatsoever.”

These "chemical scare” specials from the media are a no win situation for real scientists unless the entire scientific community stands up and condemns them. The emotional drama of parents who have lost children to cancer, and who believer trace chemical elements are reasonable for their death, will be so emotionally overwhelming to any viewing audience that no matter how accurately you present the actual science and no matter how logical your arguments are; emotions will triumph over actual science every time. And our corrupt media and the green movement knows it.

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Edited by stocks, 10 June 2010 - 09:35 AM.

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