[TheForge] OT: GM foods OT:

[peter fels]

On May 26, 2011, at 6:26 PM, CGRAF wrote:

> On 5/26/2011 7:39 PM, peter fels wrote:

The doctor, the engineer, the chemist, the auto mechanic and ourselves all do the best we can ( ideally)
with the tools and information we have at hand.
Can't not act, for fear of screw up , all too many times.
All of us pretend we know what we are doing,
and keep a straight face.
Gotta hope we do more good than harm.

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> Assuming that the man made halogens are the cause of the ozone 
> depletion, which ain't necessarily so, what make the newer replacements 
> which are or will be used on a far larger scale safer? Perhaps they are 
> differently dangerous, but we were in such a gosh awful hurry.
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> Hurry works out fine for getting out of the way of a bus, but not much else

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Looks that way...but they probably bothered to ask the ozone question this time.
You'll recall there was a " this is ridiculous" industry reaction that may well have subverted
the good intentions of the ruling.
Fair guess the Halogens actually did contribute.
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> It would still have been better if they hadn't been handing it out as 
> much as they did. I always distrust the latest cure all wonder anything.

Medicine is as fad prone as fashion sometimes. A reasonable distrust.
But if you are motivated by strong nausea, or your life being on the line...
The risk /reward equation shifts.
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> I'm just waiting for the ax to drop. No problems for me, yet. Two of my 
> sister have issues though from it. Odd thing is it supposedly had no 
> real effect on why it was prescibed to my mom. The experts knew best 
> though and it was the new wonder fixer upper.

Us all...at 66 i'm finding that cancer is gaining on auto accidents for friend's mortality.
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> On the other hand it does work for some heart issues, and nothing helps 
> my knees as much. I only take half doses when I do.

Seems to cut down on cancer incidence ( one large study) too.
Not all unanticipated side  effects are bad.
Sometimes we stick with an old one for it's side effects.
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> Often enough. It only takes ONE really bad mistake if we all follow along.
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We are going to make the really bad mistakes
. We are going to save a bunch of lives when
gambling on a cure.
Some of us will pay that others have the opportunity to make a different mistake.
If we are  very lucky.