This is encouraging. Nice to see the Brits calling a foul.
Poison Experts Attack 'Hysteria' Over Chemicals: Britain's leading poison experts united last week to denounce pressure groups for mounting a 'hysterical, scaremongering' campaign about dangerous chemicals in the environment. They accused the groups - in particular WWF, formerly the World Wildlife Fund - of acting irresponsibly by publishing reports claiming most people have blood swimming with toxic compounds.Science is a method. It is a process of measuring reality and testing real measurements against theory, with the skeptical assumption that you don’t know right or wrong until reproducible results confirm the hypothesis. Science presupposes human ignorance of the truth until the truth becomes consistently demonstrable. An individual asserting theories rather than results is the clearest indication there is no validity in their claims
'Most chemicals were found at a fraction of a part per billion. There is no evidence such concentrations pose any threat to people's health. This is irresponsible, hysterical scaremongering.' … 'Frankly, I would have been very surprised if they hadn't found chemicals at that level,' said Professor John Henry, also of Imperial College. 'You find flame retardant traces because we have them in our homes. That's why fire deaths have plunged. These chemicals are monuments to mankind's progress.'
Simply taking measurements is not science, its only prep work. An untestable general statement is not a hypothesis. Mixing measurements and plausible sounding possibilities is the opposite of science, and is time those individuals taking pride in their pursuit of verifiable knowledge stand up and denounce the fraudulent misuse of their discipline.
