Bill, Good show. I agree with you completely, but most capitalists claim that they would never get products out if that was the case and in the case of medical drugs they claim that many people would miss the benefits and die while the testing went on. In the case of medicine I believe they already claim the positive result in spite shallow test results. I suspect that we are just totally incapable of "down to the seventh generation" type of thinking in the West's current economic and philosophical systems. I believe that a good liability system is the only answer to such things. And it should be world wide. Of course getting rid of the liability system is what the current business and government leaders call "Tort Reform." How's that for Newspeak?
Ray Evans Harrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "William B Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 9:18 AM Subject: Re: No more slanging ( was Re: dumping GM food on Africa > Since most studies use and alpha value of <.05 to demonstrate statistical > significance [a few even use .01], the probability of finding a > significant effect is 1 out of 20. These cutoff points have been selected > by statisticians since statisticians are the accountants of the > scientific world. The cutoff points were totally arbitrary and have NO > scientific basis. They are meant to protect the status quo. It could take > years to show an impact. What we can say is that, unless it has been > missed, there is no overwhelming evidence that these GM products make a > tremendous impact in the short run. What studies should have to do is > show is that new products have a significantly positive impact and that > there is a .95 chance of their not doing harm. This is just the opposite > of what the current process is. > > Bill Ward > > Monsanto and others should have been stomped on a long time > > ago by some body in authority. However, there is no respectable body of > > > evidence yet that the ingestion of GM food is harmful. > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
