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Article #1154Re: TOXIC WASTE - WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?
From: Chris Allen
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 00:00
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Carl Porter <3CAP@MSG.TI.COM> wrote: >Leon Mar wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> I'm doing an essay on toxic waste management, though the subject has >> interested me extremely. What do you think? snip >> >> Or are there any other solutions to this controversial problem? >> >> Thanks, please reply by email if possible. snip > The main problem I can see is that public opinion and politics >run enviromental protection agencies instead of sound scientific >investigation. CFCs, acid rain, DDT, asbestos are all examples of public >opinion being swayed by scientific work that hadn't passed thru the peer >review and was found to be flawed at a later date. Education, common >sense and rational thinking instead of blind panic would go a long way >towards solving our problems. Are you saying acid rain and inhaled asbestos fibres are not harmful? Please provide peer-reviewed references in support, if this is what you mean. ----------------------------------------------- All opinions here are mine, not my company's. Chris Allen allen.chris.ca@bhp.com.au Senior Project Geologist BHP Steel LPD, Whyalla SA 5600 Australia
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fcea6,427e459f58f58e0c X-Google-Attributes: gidfcea6,public X-Google-Thread: fbe8c,427e459f58f58e0c X-Google-Attributes: gidfbe8c,public X-Google-Thread: fdaee,427e459f58f58e0c X-Google-Attributes: gidfdaee,public X-Google-Thread: 103efd,427e459f58f58e0c X-Google-Attributes: gid103efd,public X-Google-Thread: 10e4d1,427e459f58f58e0c X-Google-Attributes: gid10e4d1,public X-Google-Thread: 10c480,427e459f58f58e0c X-Google-Attributes: gid10c480,public From: Chris Allen <allen.chris.ca@bhp.com.au> Subject: Re: TOXIC WASTE - WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? Date: 1996/06/05 Message-ID: <4p2jfu$t22@gossamer.itmel.bhp.com.au> X-Deja-AN: 158472403 references: <31afa1b6.133609@news.uq.edu.au> <31B48718.30EF@MSG.TI.COM> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: BHP Steel LPD mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: sci.misc,aus.environment.conservation,aus.environment.misc,bionet.toxicology,sci.engr.safety,sci.research x-mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; I; 16bit)