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Wed 04 Apr 2009Separating fact from fiction on the environment
OPINION:Traditional media can still play a major role in highlighting risks to the Earth or human health, writes FRANK McDONALD.
IT IS quite remarkable how few early warnings about risks to human health or the environment over the years turned out to be unfounded. Whether the dangers came from X-rays, DDT, tobacco smoking, asbestos, lead in petrol or chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), early warners were proved right, often after decades of denial by vested interests.
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