Bill Durodie replies
The article is a shameful piece of journalism by the once pretigious Washington Post whose editor made his name through a piece of serious investigative journalism.
>From what I can tell only one person was interviewed for the article, David
Wallinga, who works for a 'Washington-based environmental group'. There is
much scientific evidence to refute his comments but this is not indicated,
nor are the scientists concerned given a chance to reply.
Unlike soft PVC which one could literally eat with little harmful effect unless that were the only constituent of one's diet, I wouldn't recommend munching spoonfuls of any pesticide. However there is no evidence as to the doses which may prove harmful within the article.
One should note that salt is harmful if taken in excess. That doesn't lead to its being banned however as we would then have no food substances available to us.
Many of the 'low-dose' experiments cited in the article are refuted by other scientists. Much of the so-called evidence cannot be repeated elsewhere, the bottom line for scientific evidence. Indeed, there is now a small list of scientists, most of whom I know by name, who hold to these theories that no-one else can verify.
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