DUBOB 9-- even *more* tales from the Dark Underbelly of the Beast.....
....FReeper Mike4Frredom called it "underknowledge"- things people know, at some level, but just won't discuss.
DDT is a good example- the "media" regards it as a Good Thing that it was banned- end of story. Yet the reason for banning it- thinning eggshells, and vague fears about harm to human health- was not repeatable in later tests. Meanwhile, each year a million or so humans die from insect-born diseases- preventable deaths. Where's the outrage?
If guns were implicated in so many fatalities, it would be on TV every hour of every day until we "Did Somthing About it!"