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It's understandable that one would look at all the alarmist media stories and think that every new alarm that is raised is a false alarm, but you know how the boy who cried wolf ended. The last alarm was a real one. To dismiss each alarm without examining it foolish.
Acid rain was real, but isn't in the news much lately because scrubbers have been installed in coal plants and there are reductions in emissions now. Acid rain is still a a problem, but there are no easy solutions to fix it. Installing those scrubbers was the only easy answer and the next step would require us to turn off all the lights.
Mad Cow disease scares have cause changes in the practice of raising cattle. Beef is safer as a result now.
Y2K bug turned out to not cause civilization to shut down. But did all the preparation cause the problem to never happen?
Pit Bull stories and shark stories are basically false alarms though. I'll give you that. And killer bees are real, but a more gradual problem.
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