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To: cosmicforce who wrote (94408)	1/23/2005 11:24:29 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

"Are we to condemn geology because a few miners died?" I recall a story about a Cuban geologist who was out 10% in his resource calculations of a laterite deposit. I'm not sure what acceptable was but he was tied to a donkey and led into the local town where he was stoned by the populace. His boss was a party member and did this to instill fear in his subordinates. The simply answer to your question is the goodness of any science or discipline is based on the integrity of the practitioner.

To: cosmicforce who wrote (94408)	1/24/2005 12:11:21 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Cosmicforce, is Teflon really all that useful? I mean are there not other substances that could substitute for almost all of Teflon's uses, without being so toxic? Someone I know told me it is common knowledge among people who keep birds that Teflon is quite poisonous to them, for example, and that is is unadvisable to have Teflon in any form in your house if you have birds. Do people really need non-stick pans and kitchen utensils enough to justify cancer and birth defects as the result? Having said all that, is it Dupont's deception that really offends me. If a product causes cancer and birth defects and that information is hidden to make huge profits, it seems really immoral to me. Business, not science at all.