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12. Slavish devotion to and belief in corporate 'science-PR, Inc.' is tragic
Wed Jul 6, 2016, 07:45 PM
Jul 2016

It's hard to avoid the vociferously voiced 'belief' in Corporate-Industrial Profit-Driven Science PR that is spewed hither and yon. But beliefs have a way of evaporating before facts.

One can only feel pity for the victims who were duped by corporate tobacco 'science.'

And one can only feel pity for the victims of Love Canal who were duped into believing corporate 'science.'

The examples of corporate 'science' beliefs evaporating into thin air in the face of facts and packed-house cancer wards filled with sick people, are legion.

Having had many family members and loved ones succumb to cancer caused by chemicals that corporate 'science' wanted people to 'believe' were safe, I have only the most modest degree of sympathy for the CORPORATE CHEMICAL TRUE BELIEVERS who are striving so wildly to get others to join them in their beliefs.

Perhaps the TRUE BELIEVERS in corporate-pr 'science' should make a pilgrimage to the new Noah's Ark - and see for themselves the way 'belief' can distort the realities of life. They may find, alas, that they have much in common.

i cant find this study. mopinko Jul 2016 #1
Same here, the hyperbole of the article in question, not to mention its source, makes me... Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #2
Not to mention fertilizer itself often containing significant amounts of phosphorus. trotsky Jul 2016 #3
The reference to no-till farming seems to pan that out, it seems likely that... Humanist_Activist Jul 2016 #5
from the no-till article mopinko Jul 2016 #10
Glyphosate transmutes ordinary water to phosphorus Orrex Jul 2016 #15
Damn you, MONSATAN!!! n/t trotsky Jul 2016 #17
It may not have been published yet Il_Coniglietto Jul 2016 #4
The P runoff appears to be a calculation, not an actual measurement. yellowcanine Jul 2016 #22
If you're on Facebook... HuckleB Jul 2016 #9
Once again, you're posting FUD with no basis in science from questionable blogs Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2016 #6
You don't read threads, do you? Scientific Jul 2016 #7
I do. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2016 #13
AGU PatSeg Jul 2016 #25
Glyphosate can cause cancer - International Agency for Research on Cancer Scientific Jul 2016 #8
it is far safer than the alternatives previously used. mopinko Jul 2016 #11
No longer thought safer womanofthehills Jul 2016 #18
It's still known that it's safer. HuckleB Jul 2016 #20
Slavish devotion to and belief in corporate 'science-PR, Inc.' is tragic Scientific Jul 2016 #12
You're funny. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2016 #14
Don't you wish the TRUE BELIEVER Corporate GMO 'Science' Fundies had a sense of humor, too? Scientific Jul 2016 #19
Keep that tinfoil tight. Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2016 #24
LOL! Odin2005 Jul 2016 #16
Just yesterday I slaughtered a black goat on the altar of Science Orrex Jul 2016 #21
I've seen you post a number of times... GaYellowDawg Jul 2016 #23
Oh, amscray.... n/t PasadenaTrudy Jul 2016 #26
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