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                                                    The New York Times, 1896

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life."
    --Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)

"The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinking about them."
    --Sir William Bragg (1862-1942)

July 27, 2006 Editorial - NAS Review of 2003 Reassessment

The National Academies of Science released its long awaited review of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2003 Exposure and Human Health Reassessment of 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-Dioxin (TCDD) and Related Compounds.  Shortly thereafter, the Midland Daily News posted an editorial by a well known critic of the EPA.  The Op-Ed did not provide a balanced perspective on the Reassessment and failed to note, among many things, that the NAS agreed with the majority of the Reassessment including a unanimous agreement that TCDD is a "likely human carcinogen", a classification that has significant public health implications.

Link to MDN-Rejected Editorial

Link to MDN OP-ED