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December 6, 2012

Politicians Are Killing Scientific Progress

Henry Miller, Forbes


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French Nobel Laureate Anatole France nailed it when he quipped, “If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.”  His observation applies to his country’s current foolishness concerning the regulation of chemicals.

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TAGGED: politicians, genetically modified organisms, regulation, bisphenol A

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