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To: Crocodile who wrote (53455)	7/17/2000 10:49:47 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Nuclear power, X-rays They used to use x-rays for everything! Even in shoe stores. And nuclear - Our friend the Atom- nuclear powered cars. "power too cheap to meter". heehee (Karen Silkwood, three mile Island, Chernobyl...hideous enough?). They even had radioactive watches with radium- yikes. edit- Thalidomide, DDT

To: Crocodile who wrote (53455)	7/17/2000 11:22:12 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

MIcrowave ovens! My mother was sure they were emitting poisonous rays.

To: Crocodile who wrote (53455)	7/18/2000 12:47:22 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Asbestos. DDT? Remember Rachel Carsons and "Silent Spring"? Thalidomide? So many of these things remain controversial. Cigarettes. Breast implants. Nuclear power.

To: Crocodile who wrote (53455)	7/18/2000 3:04:33 AM
From: Gauguin	Respond to of 71178

>>>I'm looking for a couple of examples of some form of technology that, at one time, everyone thought was the greatest thing since sliced bread.... and that ultimately turned out to have hideous repercussions for mankind...<<< How about nose rings and tongue posts? Machine guns? Car alarms? I'm terrible at this stuff; and I bet what you're looking for is a metaphor for the poop. McCarthy?

To: Crocodile who wrote (53455)	7/18/2000 7:29:58 AM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

<<but that some people were wary of...because they didn't believe in it... and that ultimately turned out to have hideous repercussions for mankind...>> How about MTBE which the EPA mandates to be used in gasoline in certain parts of the US? It doesn't break down and gets into water supplies rendering them unfit for consumption.