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Michael Specter Quotes

Consumers deserve the right to know what’s in their food - and obviously, most people want that choice. It’s hard to see how more knowledge about the products we eat every day can hurt us Picture Quote #1

The best way to deal with climate change has been obvious for years: cut greenhouse-gas emissions severely. We haven’t done that. In 2010, for example, carbon emissions rose by six per cent - the largest such increase on record Picture Quote #1

The numbers matter: underreporting of Lyme disease obscures the true burden of the illnesses, on individuals as well as on health-care systems. It also makes it harder to convince Congress to fund research Picture Quote #1

The most blatant forms of denialism are rarely malevolent; they combine decency, a fear of change, and the misguided desire to do good - for our health, our families, and the world. That is why so many physicians dismiss the idea that a patient’s race can, and often should, be used as a tool for better diagnoses and treatment Picture Quote #1

Some people will deny anything that displeases or scares them: unusual pain in their chests, unwanted lumps beneath their skin, or the fact that humans share ancestry with apes are a few examples. Another is climate change Picture Quote #1

Natural’ is a word that has become unmoored by its meanings. If you go into a vitamin shop, things are natural, and people look at that, and they think it’s good. It’s no different than any other thing you swallow Picture Quote #1

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has established highly specific criteria for the diagnosis of Lyme disease: an acknowledged tick bite, the appearance of a bull’s-eye rash, and, for those who don’t live in a region where Lyme is common, laboratory evidence of infection Picture Quote #1

Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don’t take anything for granted. But here’s the thing: When you get proof, you need to accept the proof. And we’re not that good at doing that Picture Quote #1

Deliberately modifying the earth’s atmosphere would be a desperate gamble with significant risks. Yet the more likely climate change is to cause devastation, the more attractive even the most perilous attempts to mitigate those changes will become Picture Quote #1

All the food we eat, whether Brussels sprouts or pork bellies, has been modified by mankind. Genetic engineering is only one particularly powerful way to do what we have been doing for eleven thousand years Picture Quote #1

Humanity has nearly suffocated the globe with carbon dioxide, yet nuclear power plants that produce no such emissions are so mired in objections and obstruction that, despite renewed interest on every continent, it is unlikely another will be built in the United States Picture Quote #1

Lyme disease is the most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the United States, and the incidence is growing rapidly. In 2009, the C.D.C. reported thirty-eight thousand cases, three times more than in 1991. Most researchers agree that the true number of infections is five to ten times higher Picture Quote #1

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Someone told me that they didn’t want to take a flu shot because they didn’t want to put a foreign substance in their body. What do they think they do at dinner every night? Picture Quote #1

When people say they prefer organic food, what they often seem to mean is they don’t want their food tainted with pesticides and their meat shot full of hormones or antibiotics. Many object to the way a few companies - Monsanto is the most famous of them - control so many of the seeds we grow Picture Quote #1

There has never been a verified scientific report that chelation therapy, a gluten-free diet, or anything else can cure autism Picture Quote #1

Now, as the world’s scientists focus with increasing intensity on transforming the genetic codes of every living creature into information that can be used to treat and ultimately prevent disease, Shenzhen is home to a different kind of factory: B.G.I., formerly called Beijing Genomics Institute, the world’s largest genetic-research center Picture Quote #1

Even a two-degree climb in average global temperatures could cause crop failures in parts of the world that can least afford to lose the nourishment. The size of deserts would increase, along with the frequency and intensity of wildfires Picture Quote #1

Universal vaccination may well be the greatest success story in medical history Picture Quote #1

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Industrial agriculture freed many people to pursue lives their parents and grandparents could never have. It made America modern Picture Quote #1

I think it is true that you can eat extremely healthy food at McDonald’s, and you can eat amazingly badly at Chipotle Picture Quote #1

By themselves, genetically engineered crops will not end hunger or improve health or bolster the economies of struggling countries. They won’t save the sight of millions or fortify their bones. But they will certainly help Picture Quote #1

Daily vitamins are of no value Picture Quote #1

There are always potential side effects for every vaccine Picture Quote #1

I think it is true that you can eat extremely healthy food at McDonald’s, and you can eat amazingly badly at Chipotle Picture Quote #1

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Your dollar cheeseburger isn’t a dollar if you factor in what it’s going to cost in health care Picture Quote #1

All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isn’t whether our food has been modified, but how Picture Quote #1

Benjamin Franklin refused to have one of his children vaccinated against smallpox. The four-year-old boy died, and Franklin wrote later of how mistaken he was to expose him to the needless risk Picture Quote #1

In the Internet age, with the screaming on the radio, etc., it is hard to know what to believe and who is informed and who is not Picture Quote #1

I think it’s too soon to say that, and I think, basically - most of the people that I ran across and most of the studies that I saw suggest people don’t go to McDonald’s to eat healthy food. They go to eat fries and cheeseburgers Picture Quote #1

Denialist arguments are often bolstered by accurate information taken wildly out of context, wielded selectively, and supported by fake experts who often don’t seem fake at all Picture Quote #1

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Consumers deserve the right to know what’s in their food - and obviously, most people want that choice. It’s hard to see how more knowledge about the products we eat every day can hurt us. (Michael Specter Quotes) The best way to deal with climate change has been obvious for years: cut greenhouse-gas emissions severely. We haven’t done that. In 2010, for example, carbon emissions rose by six per cent - the largest such increase on record. (Michael Specter Quotes) The numbers matter: underreporting of Lyme disease obscures the true burden of the illnesses, on individuals as well as on health-care systems. It also makes it harder to convince Congress to fund research. (Michael Specter Quotes) The most blatant forms of denialism are rarely malevolent; they combine decency, a fear of change, and the misguided desire to do good - for our health, our families, and the world. That is why so many physicians dismiss the idea that a patient’s race can, and often should, be used as a tool for better diagnoses and treatment. (Michael Specter Quotes) Some people will deny anything that displeases or scares them: unusual pain in their chests, unwanted lumps beneath their skin, or the fact that humans share ancestry with apes are a few examples. Another is climate change. (Michael Specter Quotes) Natural’ is a word that has become unmoored by its meanings. If you go into a vitamin shop, things are natural, and people look at that, and they think it’s good. It’s no different than any other thing you swallow. (Michael Specter Quotes) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has established highly specific criteria for the diagnosis of Lyme disease: an acknowledged tick bite, the appearance of a bull’s-eye rash, and, for those who don’t live in a region where Lyme is common, laboratory evidence of infection. (Michael Specter Quotes) Be sceptical, ask questions, demand proof. Demand evidence. Don’t take anything for granted. But here’s the thing: When you get proof, you need to accept the proof. And we’re not that good at doing that. (Michael Specter Quotes) Deliberately modifying the earth’s atmosphere would be a desperate gamble with significant risks. Yet the more likely climate change is to cause devastation, the more attractive even the most perilous attempts to mitigate those changes will become. (Michael Specter Quotes) All the food we eat, whether Brussels sprouts or pork bellies, has been modified by mankind. Genetic engineering is only one particularly powerful way to do what we have been doing for eleven thousand years. (Michael Specter Quotes) Humanity has nearly suffocated the globe with carbon dioxide, yet nuclear power plants that produce no such emissions are so mired in objections and obstruction that, despite renewed interest on every continent, it is unlikely another will be built in the United States. (Michael Specter Quotes) Lyme disease is the most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the United States, and the incidence is growing rapidly. In 2009, the C.D.C. reported thirty-eight thousand cases, three times more than in 1991. Most researchers agree that the true number of infections is five to ten times higher. (Michael Specter Quotes) Someone told me that they didn’t want to take a flu shot because they didn’t want to put a foreign substance in their body. What do they think they do at dinner every night? (Michael Specter Quotes) When people say they prefer organic food, what they often seem to mean is they don’t want their food tainted with pesticides and their meat shot full of hormones or antibiotics. Many object to the way a few companies - Monsanto is the most famous of them - control so many of the seeds we grow. (Michael Specter Quotes) There has never been a verified scientific report that chelation therapy, a gluten-free diet, or anything else can cure autism. (Michael Specter Quotes) Now, as the world’s scientists focus with increasing intensity on transforming the genetic codes of every living creature into information that can be used to treat and ultimately prevent disease, Shenzhen is home to a different kind of factory: B.G.I., formerly called Beijing Genomics Institute, the world’s largest genetic-research center. (Michael Specter Quotes) Even a two-degree climb in average global temperatures could cause crop failures in parts of the world that can least afford to lose the nourishment. The size of deserts would increase, along with the frequency and intensity of wildfires. (Michael Specter Quotes) Universal vaccination may well be the greatest success story in medical history (Michael Specter Quotes) Industrial agriculture freed many people to pursue lives their parents and grandparents could never have. It made America modern. (Michael Specter Quotes) I think it is true that you can eat extremely healthy food at McDonald’s, and you can eat amazingly badly at Chipotle. (Michael Specter Quotes) By themselves, genetically engineered crops will not end hunger or improve health or bolster the economies of struggling countries. They won’t save the sight of millions or fortify their bones. But they will certainly help. (Michael Specter Quotes) Daily vitamins are of no value (Michael Specter Quotes) There are always potential side effects for every vaccine (Michael Specter Quotes) I think it is true that you can eat extremely healthy food at McDonald’s, and you can eat amazingly badly at Chipotle (Michael Specter Quotes) Your dollar cheeseburger isn’t a dollar if you factor in what it’s going to cost in health care (Michael Specter Quotes) All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isn’t whether our food has been modified, but how (Michael Specter Quotes) Benjamin Franklin refused to have one of his children vaccinated against smallpox. The four-year-old boy died, and Franklin wrote later of how mistaken he was to expose him to the needless risk (Michael Specter Quotes) In the Internet age, with the screaming on the radio, etc., it is hard to know what to believe and who is informed and who is not (Michael Specter Quotes) I think it’s too soon to say that, and I think, basically - most of the people that I ran across and most of the studies that I saw suggest people don’t go to McDonald’s to eat healthy food. They go to eat fries and cheeseburgers (Michael Specter Quotes) Denialist arguments are often bolstered by accurate information taken wildly out of context, wielded selectively, and supported by fake experts who often don’t seem fake at all (Michael Specter Quotes)

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