[MD] Diving in without Thinking

[Heather Perella]

    Ok, chemicals are in our foods and we spray pesticides, lose massive amounts of top soil into our waterways and the soil becomes depleted of valuable nutrients.  Yet, I remember Krimel say we don't know if there is scientific proof that these chemicals in our foods are dangerous.  I ask, do we know for sure that they are NOT dangerous.  I thought we needed to be skeptical.  We could go along with what has worked and we know is cleaner, the old ways, and then incorporate new ways that we know with a higher probability are safe.  In other words, how does this get into our culture and then after some years of testing, some go, oh, this stuff is a health risk: 



http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/med_bisphenol_safety_glance.html