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>Never underestimate the government's (and associated corp's) capacity for pure evil. Except when the topic is water fluoridation, vaccines or genetically modi

>Never underestimate the government's (and associated corp's) capacity for pure evil. Except when the topic is water fluoridation, vaccines or genetically modified crops, then its all right and above criticism.

echelon 9y ago
The things you named are safe and yield quantifiable benefits. Ionizing radiation, on the other hand, is entirely deleterious.
- tomsmeding 9y ago
  Relatively safe; we still don't know for sure whether there are no negative consequences. But definitely in another league than ionizing radiation.
  - delazeur 9y ago
    > we still don't know for sure whether there are no negative consequences That is a carefully-worded statement that will always be true about everything.
presspot 9y ago
This is a fascinating story about a genetically modified crop (RoundUp Ready cotton), a pigweed that naturally selected against it, and murder. http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/06/02/531272125/episode-775-the-pigweed-killer http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2017/06/02/531272125/episo...