"jangchub" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 May 2007 09:58:17 -0500, zxcvbob
wrote:

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

1) The only way to know that a substance is safe is to test it by
purposely
exposing people to it. You will not see that happen in your lifetime,
especially not with children. Therefore, it doesn't matter what the USDA
or
any other agency thinks. None of these things can be correctly tested.

You keep repeating this so often, I'll bet you thought it up yourself.

The Clinton administration did place a moratorium on voluntary human
pesticide testing in 1998. But you're saying they are not allowed to
use the data collected from accidental exposures?

Bob

No, because it would not be an accurate survey and certainly not a
scientific double blind study. The industry would laugh at it.

The industry AND its opponents would laugh at it, and they'd be right to do
so. Both sides have also said that it was invalid to test chemicals on
animals. You have to have followed this back to the early 1970s to see the
entirety of the testing farce.