Philip Morris - Right or
Wrong?
Con Philip
Morris
From an EPA
Employee
Dear Fools,
The poke at the other Dow Dividend stocks is taken in good fun, and the letter
writer (LuxSit) makes some interesting points. You should, however, be aware
that some of the points, particularly with respect to General Motors, are
based on "junk science." The flap about airbag safety and how the government
ignored important information is one example.
The fact that most people do NOT buy the most fuel-efficient cars (about
1% of the auto sales market). The fact that cars are 98% CLEANER than they
were 25 years ago, and that people are more likely to get respiratory problems
from cockroaches than cars these days. The business about acid rain (many
lakes became more acid from trees being planted in close proximity). And
so on. I recommend the Junk Science Home page for further technical
investigation, at www.junkscience.com
Yes, I know that this "ethics business" gets carried too far and too unevenly,
and that was the point of the LuxSit letter. But you did end up repeating
a lot of popular myths that really are not based on scientific facts in the
process.
No, I do not work for a Dow 30 company. I work for the EPA. |