John Engler Quotes
The asbestos problem impacts everyone.
Engler, John. "Statement on Asbestos Litigation." National Association of Manufacturers, 18 Oct. 2005.
This is a classic example of the interaction between legislation, health and science. In 1931 the State of Michigan passed a law to protect the public health. It was written to ensure that there would not be unhealthy or dangerous substances added to cigarettes or the tobacco in cigarettes. No “ingredient deleterious to health” could be put in a cigarette. However, although it was not generally known at the time, there are few substances known to man that are as “deleterious to health” as the tobacco itself. The law protected public health, but the enforcement did not concentrate on the right ingredients.
The General was not a fan of President Lyndon Johnson. He was asked by a historian of the Lyndon Johnson Library if he would consent to an oral interview about his Vietnam War recollections:
This was the first cigarette company that admitted what by then had been known by the cigarette companies for almost 50 years during which they continued to knowingly kill people and deny that there was any harm that could come from smoking.
Microcephaly is a condition where newborn children have very small heads, the the brain cannot develop sufficiently to normally function. Almost all Americans had heard about microcephaly and the Zika virus that caused the condition in pregnant women, but it has been in South America, Latin America and Puerto Rico. When people have friends, coworkers and family who have a serious medical condition, they believe it is a serious problem that needs society’s attention. At the time Fauci made this statement Americans on the mainland had not yet seen any cases, Zika was unfortunately not taken seriously enough.
John Mathias Engler is an American businessman and politician who served as the 46th Governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he later worked for Business Roundtable, where The Hill called him one of the country's top lobbyists.
