Re: FWD: Re: Office paper

[Mark Robinowitz <mrobinowitz@igc.org>]

At 05:20 PM 9/10/96 -0400, you wrote:
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>Attached (if I worked this teamlinks thing right) is a message that
>was posted on the COMPOST list that I subscribe to.  It is interesting
>to note that the dioxin list has been talking about paper today too.  
>As you can see, he quotes the article that says dioxin really isn't
>all that bad and the Bruce Ames guy as well.  Is there a response that
>someone would care to forward to me  that I could send back to present
>another view?  to composters
>
>Carol Meeds
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>By Reed Irvine
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>(Mr. Irvine is chairman of Accuracy in Media Inc., a media watchdog
>group)
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>>From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, 6 August 1991, p. A16:3
>


Accuracy in Media is one of the most misnamed groups in the lobbying
universe.  They're heavily funded by major polluters and ultraconservative
foundations.  They make Pat Buchanan look liberal.

Considering that most of Irvine's experience has been defending the nuclear
arms race, the Nicaraguan contra drug-smuggling terrorists, and various
other acts of violence, I seriously doubt that he knows anything about the
long term, multigenerational impact of dioxins and furans upon DNA --
although I'm sure he's happy to take paper industry money or other chemical
contributions to ghost write something.  And I doubt that he lives next to
one of the factories that he claims is harmless.


Mark Robinowitz


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