From: ABC (Australian Broadcasting Company) News,
http://www.abc.net.au/news/98/09/02/980902_45.htm
Internet a threat to industry, forum told Wed, 2 Sep 1998
Australia's Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association has
been warned growth in the use of the Internet poses a threat
to industry profits in a climate of growing environmental
activism.
United States Chamber of Commerce vice-president William
Kovacs was commenting at the association's convention in
Port Douglas.
Mr Kovacs told delegates the biggest threat to plastics and
chemicals, and perhaps all industry, is the ability for
anyone to disseminate incorrect information cheaply to the
entire world.
He says the use of the Internet by extreme environmentalists
and greater amounts of public disclosure law will create fear
and allow the sabotage of industries.
Mr Kovacs warns that when the tide changes against industry,
industrialised nations will act like countries dominated by
religious fundamentalists.
� 1998 Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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