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Re:Unsafe levels of toxic chemicals found in drinking water ... by anonymouslee on Thursday August 11, 2016 @12:13AM (#12266274)
You might be interested in reading about the precautionary principle [1].

[1] - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1240435/

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Re:Unsafe levels of toxic chemicals found in drinking water ... by internaut on Thursday August 11, 2016 @01:18PM (#12270031)
Not science. Politics or political philosophy but not science.

PP is as scientific as Pascal's Wager and for the same reasons.

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