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Re: The Limits To Growth
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Subject: Re: The Limits To Growth
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From: Martin Taylor <taylor@cciwa.asn.au>
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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 09:57:57 -0800
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Article: 16600 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Newsgroups: alt.agriculture.misc, alt.org.earth-first, alt.politics.economics, alt.politics.greens, alt.save.the.earth, alt.sustainable.agriculture, sci.agriculture, sci.econ, sci.energy, sci.environment, talk.environment, tor.general
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Organization: Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Western Australia
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Max Jacobs wrote:
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> ><snip>
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> Now for the cancer question. Elizabeth Whelan of the American Council
> of Science flatly states in her book "Toxic Terror" "there has never
> been a documented case of human illness or death in the US as the result
> of the standard and accepted use of pesticides." This finding has been
> backed up by the American Medical Association. And do you realize that
> cancer rates have been falling over the last forty years? Stomach
> cancer has dropped 75% and rectal (ouch) cancer has dropped 65%. So its
> not like we are killing ourselves, we are actually living healthier
> fuller lives now.
> <snip>
I agree, particularly for Australia. There is a tail end of people who don't get the
full benefits. These are particularly those in remote communities, but overall I think
the dark greens have overplayed their scare tactics and the community is coming to
understand that.
Regards, Martin
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