http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46648-2001Dec31.html

Slashdot had a link to this story about Monsanto's decades long coverup
about the health effects of PCBs it was dumping into the local river
waters.

Your usual evil corporation covers up horrible death causing pollutants
kind of tale, but this paragraph was particularly amusing.

>From the part where they talk about how they hired consultants to prove
that the chemicals weren't actually toxic:

snip--

But the company's own tests on rats, chickens and even dogs proved
discouraging. "The PCBs are exhibiting a greater degree of toxicity than
we had anticipated," reported the committee chairman. Fish tests were
worse: "Doses which were believed to be OK produced 100% kill." The
chairman pressured the company's consultants for more Monsanto-friendly
results, but they replied: "We are very sorry that we can't paint a
brighter picture at the present time."

--snip

Hey! those aren't the results we asked for!!

-Lkb





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