Why do we worry too much about some environmental risks and not enough about others?
Mental Shortcuts
Big decisions based on little information
Answer the following questions with yes or no:
1. Are pesticides a serious threat to public health?
2. Is genetically modified food a serious threat to public health?
3. Is bisphenol A (a chemical ingredient of plastics, also used to line food cans) a serious threat to public health?
Now, the most important question:
4. Did you have all the facts you needed to make a fully informed, analytical, reasoned decision about any of the first three questions?
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