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To: combjelly who wrote (487297)6/11/2009 4:21:36 PM
From: Taro  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572771
 
In high enough doses it can cause neurological damage. But that is at very high levels. Which is why no one is claiming that it does.

Correction, here is how you could have posted this in an honest and thus less partisan way:

In high enough doses (it is believed to) cause neurological damage. But that (may be) at very high levels. Which is why no one (so far can prove that and) is claiming that it does.

Wjat seems to have been proven beyond any doubt, however: DDT is the cause of a lower fertility rate among the American Bald Eagles.

Can you never post outside of your closed box, CJ?

Taro



To: combjelly who wrote (487297)6/11/2009 4:23:22 PM
From: Taro  Respond to of 1572771
 
In high enough doses it can cause neurological damage. But that is at very high levels. Which is why no one is claiming that it does.

Correction, here is how you could have posted this in a less partisan and thus more honest way:

In high enough doses (it is believed to) cause neurological damage. But that (may be) at very high levels. Which is why no one (so far can prove that and) is claiming that it does.

What seems to have been proven beyond any doubt, however: DDT is the cause of a lower fertility rate among the American Bald Eagles.

Can you never post outside of your closed box, CJ?

Taro