Re: Critics allege infant mortality rate -Sternglass revisited

[RadiumProj@cs.com]

In a message dated 4/27/00 11:59:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sjd@swcp.com 
writes:

<< Not relevant.  What is that supposed to mean?  And what were the patterns
 at the other four plants?  But wait.  According to the appendix to
 Mangano's EET article, infant mortality _decreased_ by between 15.3 and
 18.0 percent at the other four plants after their permanent shutdown.  But,
 mortality _increased_ during Rancho Seco's 27 month shutdown for repairs.
 Yes, I can see that that would not be relevant.  >>
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One of the early BEIR reports [II?] reviewed the work of Dr. Sternglass up to 
 about 1972, and dismissed it saying it relied on selecting only data which 
supported his various hypotheses [including excess infant mortality] from 
nuclear fallout and ignoring data which did not support his claim. 

Hypothesis: Is the recent study by Mangano merely that of a Sternglass 
wannabe,  a generation later?  
Answer: Look at how data was handled selectively to support his claims about 
nuclear plant emissions correlating with infant mortality. The answer seems 
evident.

Stewart Farber, MS Public Health
email: radiumproj@cs.com
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