Chapter 12. The Gullibility Factor
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your common sense. | ||
| --BUDDHA | ||
In March 2004, the city council of Aliso Viejo, California, scheduled a council vote to ban Styrofoam cups at city events because the substance DHMO was used in their manufacture. A paralegal researcher discovered this and more about DHMO on a website (www.dhmo.org) sponsored by the Environmental Assessment Center. In its notice of the proposed vote, the city fathers explained that DHMO was poised to “threaten human safety and health.”
Further research confirmed that because it is cheap, DHMO was commonly used as an industrial solvent despite being found ...
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