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Perhaps I missed something, but I interpreted the original post to imply 
that the priorities for addressing environmental issues may not in line 
with their relative seriousness.  I must admit that my interpretation may 
have been slightly influenced by some material that I've been reading 
from a download I carried out recently on priorities of superfund site 
attention and in general public policy for regulating health risks.

There are two good documents that are worth looking at and they may 
important to the original post.  These may be found and downloaded at:

<ftp://cais.com>
If you are requested for a password, use your email address.
Once at the site, change directory to </pub/milloy>

The two files are "choices" and "sbra", which stands for Science Based 
Risk Assessment.

John A. Budny
jabudny@earthlink.net



Chris Allen <allen.chris.ca@bhp.com.au> wrote:
>
>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. 
>
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>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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