RE: chlorpyrifos

Wilson, Dale (WILSONDO@phibred.com)
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 10:07:01 -0600

Loren,

> Apparently, the clear evidence of chemical trespass itself
> is disregarded as being in the category of things we call
> "a problem."

"Chemical trespass" is just some term you made up. It has no legal meaning.
And at the detection levels we are talking about, no biological meaning
either.

> By this reasoning, if a person breaks into my home by
> picking the lock, but does not actually break the lock
> in doing so, and proceeds to alarm my family, tells bad
> jokes, has vile body odor, and sit on the furniture...

I think you are setting up a straw-man argument here. These bad habits are
not analogous to chemical residues in your foods, because the residues have
no detectable effects.

> I shall poll everyone I run across for the next 7 days...

Obviously you see this as an ethical issue. Instead of an emotional appeal,
I would like to see a well-reasoned ethical argument.

Dale

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