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The 10th Annual Chicken Little Awards
By The National Anxiety Center
CNS Information Services
10 April, 2000

"Just about everything Americans and others around the world have been told 
in the past two decades about the climate, energy reserves, chemicals, and an 
endless list of bogus threats to their well being has been proven to be 
false," said National Anxiety Center founder Alan Caruba in announcing the 
2000 Chicken Little Awards.

The tenth annual Chicken Little Awards are devoted to identifying "the worst 
lies that have been foisted on Americans and others in order to destroy the 
astonishing progress mankind has made to improve everyone's life." 

The Maplewood, New Jersey think tank founded in 1990 by Caruba, a veteran 
science and business writer, launched "The Chicken Little Awards" to focus 
attention on the efforts of individuals and organizations "to scare the 
daylights out of millions of people for the purpose of influencing public 
policy."

"What is continually ignored is the fact that Americans and others in 
developed nations around the world are living longer, generally healthier 
lives, than ever before in history," said Caruba. "What is ignored is a 
full-fledged assault on the very means to sustain our success, the ability to 
utilize the earth's resources and to maintain high standards of health, the 
provision of sufficient food for the world's population, and the preservation 
of independent nations, free to determine their future."

This year's award winners include:

The Banning of DDT is first on the list of the Center's Chicken Little 
Awards, largely due to the alarmist, false writings of Rachel Carson. "The 
sole purpose of the environmental movement is to reduce the earth's 
population, despite the fact the earth is over five billion years old," said 
Caruba. "When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency banned DDT in 1972, it 
ignored the fact that DDT had prevented the death of 500 million people since 
its first widespread use in 1943. Since then, millions have needlessly died 
or had their lives impaired by Malaria, a disease on the rise. Plans to 
eliminate other pesticides worldwide are moving forward. This is nothing less 
than planned genocide."

Global Warming is second on the list. "In the 1970's environmentalists were 
warning that a new Ice Age was coming. When that scare campaign failed, they 
turned to global warming, but to date there is no evidence of a dramatic 
warming trend to support this claim. More than 18,000 scientists worldwide 
have spoken out against this Big Lie intended to force industrialized nations 
to reduce their energy use."

Genetically Modified Crops is third on the list. "With a population estimated 
to be six billion, the earth needs this remarkable means to grow more food on 
less land, with less dependence on the chemicals used to ward off insect 
pests and adverse climate conditions. This, however, has not deterred leading 
environmental organizations from launching a huge scare campaign to 
needlessly frighten people."

Food Scares are fourth on the Center's list. "The food police have warned 
against irradiation that kills deadly food poisoning pathogens, as well as 
the diet of huge portions of the world's population, including the natural 
inclination of humans to include meat in their diets," said Caruba. "The 
worst perpetrators of these lies are the members of the animal rights 
movement who are engaged in a worldwide program of terrorism."

The Timber Lies, fifth on the Center's list, have been a sustained program in 
the U.S. where two-thirds of the forests that existed when the Pilgrims 
arrived are still thriving. "The lies that the Spotted Owl was endangered 
shut down 187 mills in the northwest and wiped out 22,654 jobs. The U.S. is 
now importing lumber when it is home to vast forestlands that have been put 
off limits to any use by Americans, whether as timber resources or for 
recreation."

The Oil Lies, sixth on the list, are the reason, in part, why Americans are 
paying higher prices than ever before for a tank of gasoline or to heat their 
homes and businesses. "Half the cost of gasoline in the U.S. goes to taxes. 
The U.S. has huge reserves of oil that years of increased restrictions by 
Congress have put off limits to create a phantom scarcity. The projected 
reserves of oil worldwide would fuel the needs of the world's population for 
hundreds, if not thousands, of years." New technologies may, however, reduce 
dependence.

Endangered Species rank seventh on the Center's list. "Deterring the building 
of homes, hospitals, and other elements of a thriving economy is the sole 
purpose of this utterly failed program to preserve falsely identified 
endangered species. The U.S. is suffering from unfettered populations of 
deer, Canadian Geese, and the introduction of predator species that attack 
cattle and sheep, as well as endangering human life. Fully 99% of all the 
species that ever lived on earth are extinct. Darwin was right!"

Urban Sprawl is ranked eighth as "a lie that flies in the face of the fact 
that the entire population of the United States lives on little more than 
three percent of its entire land mass. As our population grows, the 
implementation of programs based on this lie would force millions into 
already overcrowded cities. This lie is about controlling where people can 
live."

Attention Deficit disorders are ranked ninth on the Center's list. "There is 
not a scintilla of scientific proof that Attention Deficit disorders have any 
basis in fact. Seven million American children in our nation's schools have 
been diagnosed with ADD and more than half are being drugged on Ritalin and 
other behavior-altering drugs. The result is a frightening rise in school 
related violence and suicide rates among our youth."

Every Natural, Beneficial Chemical is ranked tenth by Center. "The pesticides 
that protect human life and property are under wholesale attack. Chlorine 
that keeps our water supplies drinkable is under attack. The scare campaigns 
surrounding chemicals are the handiwork of radical environmentalists 
determined to put everyone's life at risk."

For more information, visit the National Anxiety Center.

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