Europeans, out of some romantic rebellion against America and high technology, were shunning U.S.-grown food containing G.M.O.'s [genetically-modified organisms] even though there is no scientific evidence that these are harmful. But practically everywhere we went in Davos, Europeans were smoking cigarettes with their meals, coffee or conversation even though there is indisputable scientific evidence that smoking can kill you.
Thomas Friedman, in his February 2 New York Times column.
"[J]ust because a chemical can be measured...doesn't mean it causes disease."
Dr. Richard Jackson, director of the Centers for Disease Control's National Center for Environmental Health as briefly quoted in an Associated Press article commenting on a new study measuring trace levels of chemicals in our bodies. Activists are already ignoring this point.
The president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wrote [Yasser Arafat] to complain about a January 26 bombing in which an explosives-bearing donkey blew up, killing only itself. [Ingrid] Newkirk faxed Arafat to "request that you appeal to all those who listen to you to leave the animals out of this conflict." Asked if she would persuade Arafat to prevent his followers from detonating people, Newkirk told the Washington Post: "It's not my business to inject myself into human wars."
columnist Deroy Murdock, noting a Washington Post piece by Lloyd Grove.