Les: >>> And like the business with PCB's the opposite of that coin is DDT, >>> which you can actually eat without it hurting you, but due to some >>> activists, its use has been banned in many countries of the world, Tim: >> You're arguing that the genetic effects, including hereditary ones, >> scientifically observed are false? I don't think I'd go along with >> that. Whether it's worse or better than other poisons, is another >> matter (whether that be on the intended prey, or the side effects). >> Poison is poison... jdow: > Scientifically observed by who? The source Norm cited is ridiculous > pseudo-scientific double-talk better associated with the Greens and > PETA freakazoids. I didn't use that information for reference purposes. DDT got abandoned by many countries. They have their own scientific establishments to make such decisions (observe the effects, rate one poison against another, et al), and don't all base their decisions on any one particular paper (e.g. the one you poo pooh). While some do err on the side of caution and monitor what other countries do, they don't all follow blindly, and some will abjectly disregard another country's point of view on certain matters. >From time to time I hear about DDT in one way or another (ban it, don't, why it was banned, etc.). I'm yet to see a scientific expert stand up and say the reasons for it stopping being used, or the way it was used was changed, was a load of FUD, or even anyone else try. > Grow some brains, boy. Try growing some manners, cunt! Yes, I use that insult on purpose. I've read the rest of your insults and rantings on the thread, and your prior activities on this list, and it seems an entirely accurate description of your behaviour. -- (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
