• DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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    “Safe Food Matters president Mary Lou McDonald agreed. Accessing the health and safety data the PMRA uses to determine MRLs is challenging due to stringent limits on what data can be seen — and shared — by the public to protect pesticide companies’ intellectual property. She noted issues with the accuracy and relevance of the data used by the government in its assessment process.

    Moreover, she noted the PMRA and pesticide manufacturers have a close working relationship — an issue also flagged by Lanphear.”

    • Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca
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      Mary Lou McDonald is a lawyer from an anti-pesticide charity, not a scientist.

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        Do you have anything that refutes her points? Or are you just resorting to the ad hominem fallacy?

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          Firstly, the burden of proof should be on the person making the claim and Mary Lou McDonald offers no evidence for her claim.

          Secondly, I’m not making an ad hominem fallacy. I’m not attacking Mary Lou McDonald’s character. I’m pointing out that she is not an expert in this field.

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            That’s literally an ad hominem fallacy lmao. What is expertise if not part of ones character?

            You are not an expert either, but that doesn’t mean anything you say about it is untrue and should be discarded. If you make a claim the validity of that claim is what should be debated, not whether your credentials are relevant.

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              I made two points above. Mary Lou McDonald offered no evidence AND she’s not a scientist. Mary Lou McDonald didn’t make an argument and provide evidence.

              That’s literally an ad hominem fallacy lmao.

              This is incorrect. Pointing out that someone is not an expert in a technical field they are discussing is not an ad hominem fallacy. That’s a ridiculous idea.

              Protip: don’t get medical advice from lawyers

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                From the Wikipedia page for ad hominem:

                Typically this term refers to a rhetorical strategy where the speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself.

                What a “ridiculous idea” lmao

                • Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca
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                  Righto, get a lawyer to fly your plane 🤣 Qualifications and knowledge of science are obviously relative here

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                    Being a lawyer doesn’t preclude knowledge of science.

                    You’re just wrong pal, be a man and take the loss.