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Without casting aspirations on the remainder of the article, I have to highlight the statement in story #4 that says, "Leuren Moret, president of Scientists for Indigenous People, testified at the trial and later reported that a U.S. government study conducted on the babies of Gulf War veterans conceived after the soldiers returned home found that a full two-thirds suffered from serious birth defects or illnesses, including being born without eyes or ears, or with missing or malformed organs or limbs."
Perhaps my unit and friends from other units were the exception to the rule, but not a single baby has been born to them with any birth defects. Either we were just lucky or somehow 66% birth defect rate is just a wee bit high. Just on this aspect alone, it calls into question the validity the rest of the stories in that article. Draw your own conclusions.
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Perhaps my unit and friends from other units were the exception to the rule, but not a single baby has been born to them with any birth defects. Either we were just lucky or somehow 66% birth defect rate is just a wee bit high. Just on this aspect alone, it calls into question the validity the rest of the stories in that article. Draw your own conclusions.
Totem
I've harped on #3 here before. One Bush appointee to an EPA task force on childhood lead poisioning prevention does not believe leaded paint is a risk to children. He is very open about this. He has testified as an expert witness in cases to that effect. Why? He is a pediatrician. Hasn't seen any lead poisioning cases in years, ergo it doesn't happen. He's not a scientist, he's a doctor (MD not PhD). He doesn't do medical research, never has. There are no medical researchers, expert in lead poisioning, who say what he is saying.
One can virtually always find scientists (reserachers) opposing anything. Look at global warming. In physics, the big bang and the underpinnings of quantum mechanics are questioned (see continuous creation, EPR paradox, respectively). Maybe medical research is different and their researchers heard like sheep not house cats, but in my experince you get noticed for being different in science. Were there solid evidence for safely putting lead right back into paint I think we'd have someone advocating it.
Every president does this, but the Bush administration has taken it to an extreme. Sure, you can stack these committees with people who agree with you, but historically they are actually researchers.
Personally, I feel if they do this they should be held legally responsible. If children die of lead poisioning due to a change in the regulations these people are neglegent. It's manslaughter.
One can virtually always find scientists (reserachers) opposing anything. Look at global warming. In physics, the big bang and the underpinnings of quantum mechanics are questioned (see continuous creation, EPR paradox, respectively). Maybe medical research is different and their researchers heard like sheep not house cats, but in my experince you get noticed for being different in science. Were there solid evidence for safely putting lead right back into paint I think we'd have someone advocating it.
Every president does this, but the Bush administration has taken it to an extreme. Sure, you can stack these committees with people who agree with you, but historically they are actually researchers.
Personally, I feel if they do this they should be held legally responsible. If children die of lead poisioning due to a change in the regulations these people are neglegent. It's manslaughter.
Yeah, darn those neoconservative judges and their gay marriages! Wait... err..
I did a little bit of google research about the Gulf War birth defect babies Totem mentioned.
Didn't find anything conclusive, but I did find the apparent inspiration for Master Shake of Aqua Teens.
Just as an aside, the latest brouhaha surrounding Bush and his supposed flip-flop on winning the war on terrorism is accurately reflected in Yossarian's posting local. You are prescient, Y! Got any lotto numbers you care to share with us?
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