Re: Deaths from fossil fuel burning air pollution

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

	All of the discussion by doubters leads me to ask some questions:
	1. Why do you think air pollution from fossil fuel burning is
not harmful to human health? There is a very large literature documenting
this harm-- do you believe it is all flawed? Are you familiar with
this literature? 
	2. Isn't it just common sense to
believe that noxious and corrosive materials inhaled can be harmful? Can
you cite any studies that show that this air pollution is not harmful to
health? When you say that it is only harmful to people with degraded
respiratory and cardiovascular systems, what do you think caused these
systems to become degraded? 
	3. If you believe that fossil fuel burning is not much more
harmful to human health than nuclear power, why do you favor nuclear
power?

 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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