"We have allowed thousands of chemical compounds and newly synthesized polymers to enter the marketplace, whose harmful impacts on the growing fetus and newborns are basically unknown. And most disturbingly, these chemical compounds are treated as if they were literally 'people' in the eyes of the law - they are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond all reasonable doubt. This is indeed a perverse application of the common law tradition of our society. Chemicals are not people - they do not live or breathe, they do not feel pleasure or pain, they do not bear or raise children, and most of all, they are not too concerned about the future of our society" -- Dr. A. Karim Ahmed, Adjunct Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center (Farmington, CT) and Director of International Programs/Board Member, National Council for Science and the Environment (Washington, DC)
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