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Karunamon
on Dec 16, 2020
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Scientists tracked down a mass killer of salmon
Also impossible. Proving something safe is like proving a negative - proving a lack of something (harm).
bawolff
on Dec 16, 2020
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That doesn't mean you can't require a certain amount of safety testing.
Karunamon
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You can only reasonably test for acute effects. Chronic effects are only ever going to be found in large cohorts (i.e. public consumption) over a long period of time.
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