As a result, our culture is convulsed by confusion and chaos everywhere. Our history, legends, customs, laws, rituals, art, stories, and songs all derived from, and reinforced, the culture of humanism. Humanism told us our place in the scheme of things, our vision of where we fit in the universe. The old humanist views, the old ways, the old myths, are pretty clearly leading us toward extinction, but life-sustaining alternative views, ways, and myths have not yet been widely accepted. This Libertarian strain derives directly from the humanist worldview.
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High doses of Alar and its breakdown byproduct, UDMH, had been shown to cause cancer in both sexes of mice and hamsters and in male rats. Whelan, who has a degree in public health from Harvard, a devotion to the chemical industry, and a quick tongue. Whelan's mission is to prove to the world that industrial chemicals are safe, particularly industrial chemicals in food. Because she has a sharp tongue and isn't constrained by the facts, Whelan is very quotable, and the press loves to quote her. Neither organization has ever taken an official position on Alar.