Re: Power Plant Pollution Linked to 30,000 Premature Deaths

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>]

On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, William Prestwich wrote:

> Dear Bernie
> 	Wouldn't the 3-9% figure only apply to that fraction of the
> annual death rate which is both premature and not attributable to
> accidents?

	--The 3-9% is the estimate of the Harvard group, applying to all
deaths. It is their number, not mine. But it seems plausible to me.
	Accidents cause less than 5% of all deaths. I would think that the
great majority of all deaths are premature relative to what would be
experienced in an insult-free environment, but that is just my judgement.


Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245
Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu


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