Alarmism is the production of needless warnings. Naturally, use of the word implies that one does not share the concerns of the person giving the warnings, and that the anticipated danger is overstated.The following lists some areas where warnings have been called alarmist. Inclusion in the list does not imply that the warnings are needless, only that some people have called them needless:The threat of
terrorism,
nuclear or
biochemical attack, etc.Consumption of
junk food and
foods high in
sodium,
fat,
oil,
sugar,
cholesterol, or
calories as being deadly.The possibility of an
oil crash in the near future.The possibility of an
economic depression or
Stock Market crash (similar to the
Wall Street Crash of 1929 or the
"Black Monday" in 1987 Stock Market crashes). The economic damage that was supposed to occur because of the
Montreal Protocol on
ozone depletion.The potential
effects of
global warming, and other
environmental dangers.The economic damage that may result due to cutting
greenhouse gas emissions.The population bomb, or
Malthusian catastrophe, to cause mass starvation.The
prediction of
end times events from the Bible.The erosion of
civil liberties.The tendency toward more economic and political
globalism and away from
nationalism.That
Iraq had
Weapons of Mass Destruction, this led up to the
Iraq War.The 2002-2003
SARS incident Possibility of a
bird flu epidemic, killing hundreds of millions.
Mutual assured destruction was the possibility of a full-scale nuclear war, causing mass extinction. The
Doomsday Clock uses a symbolic clock to imply that civilization is on the verge of self-destruction.The severity of
the Three Mile Island incident or the
Chernobyl disaster and possibilities of incidents of greater magnitude.The possibility of an asteroid collision with the
Earth, causing mass extinctions.
Y2K bug causing breakdown of the world's computer systems.
Transhumanism as the world's most dangerous idea.Carcinogenity of
electromagnetic radiation from
power lines or
microwave ovens.
BackmaskingThe
Clash of CivilizationsEugenics as being needed to prevent the downfall of the human race.
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