The dioxin story is the story of how science has failed to provide us with answers, how corporations control policymaking and decisions in our society, and how government is silenced.
Lois Marie Gibbs, Citizen's Clearinghouse for Hazardous Wastes (Arlington, Va.) (1995). “Dying from Dioxin: A Citizen's Guide to Reclaiming Our Health and Rebuilding Democracy”, p.1, South End Press