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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (9739)	2/18/2012 9:31:28 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

I'm not sure where "trust of science" is relevant here. Well I suppose if you don't trust it at all then any standard would be arbitrary or unscientific, but I really don't see that as much of an issue here. If you trust whatever recent story comes out, or some poll of scientists completely, I would submit that also isn't rational, and that's common enough to be something of an issue, I don't think its the core issue here either. As for the will of politicians to regulate, well politicians often have the will to regulate, they like throwing their weight around, but they don't always do so in ways that make sense. Politicians tend to respond to the latest scare story (whether or not the claims are true or significant) and/or to the opinions of political donors and groups (whether or not those opinions reflect the general interest).