Wasn't that guy a piece of work.
"There's no proof saying PCB's harm people. The river is clean."
Let's see. PCB's have been proven to cause cancer in animals in clinical tests. I guess we need some human volunteers to see if this translates over to humans. The pay's good and you don't need to worry about a retirement plan.
I said this before. Just like the tobacco industry... you can deny anything. Smoking, cancer... I have studies that say smoking is good for you.
If someone is making enough money, they will say anything or take any stance. At one point in the show Jack Welch (former CEO) was talking about how they were painted as evil... the bad guys.
Let's look at this chronologically.
They polluted the river. Bad.
They spent $millions on lawyers to keep the right to continue polluting the river. Bad.
They polluted the river some more. Bad.
They denied responsibility and denied the pollution was actually harmful. Bad.
They spent more $millions on lawyers to keep from having to clean up the river. Bad.
They spent more $millions on ad campaigns and lobbyist to try and convince people the pollution was not there, not harmful, and that they should not have to clean it up. Bad.
They continue to pollute to this day, if I understood correctly (or at least till recently). Bad.
GE... we bring good things to light.
I missed the special regarding the overfishing... no doubt that would have been equally uplifting. I think it was called "empty oceans, empty nets"
Anyone know when that might be on again?
Anyways, Eugene, I was thinking the same thing about the migratory striper population. We get bass from the Chesapeak and the Hudson, is that right? Most of these things are commulative and a result of years of ingestion. There is a list out there of species of fish you shouldn't eat more than a couple times per week or something like that. Anyway, as a grown adult eating striper only occasionally, I doubt I need to worry too much, but I'm sure not gonna feed my daughter striper 2x a week for the whole summer.
Of course, I doubt I would catch enough fish to do that anyway
Hybrid Mode
