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Originally Posted by TyreeUM
Research and environmental impact assessments are not cut and dry like your examples of sugar/tooth decay etc. Fertilizing your lawn may impact fisheries in your local watershed - but to what extent? When working around water, it is tough not to have some sort of impact. Depending on who has conducted the research, it can be incredibly bias, particularly around an industry with so many negative attitudes surrounding it already. That being said, without being directly involved, it IS quite difficult to form an "educated opinion".
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Yes, my intention wasn't to compare the different bodies of knowledge, but instead to point out that a person doesn't have to work directly in the field to have an educated opinion.