Re: risk perception chart on-line

[Muckerheide <muckerheide@MEDIAONE.NET>]

And where did they get the "experts?"



X-rays = 7 ?!

Nuclear power = 20?  more hazardous than

Food coloring = 21

Home appliances = 22

Hunting = 23

and

Spray cans = 26 -more hazardous than

   High school and college football = 27

   Power mowers = 28

   Mountain climbing = 29

   Skiing = 30

And:

Surgery = 5

Electric power = 9

Swimming = 10

 

Good grief!



Jim

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> Paul,

> 

> Thanks for the link. Very interesting. So, nuclear power is 1, X-Rays

> are 22, and mountain climbing is 15. It's a GOOD thing we don't

> locate nuclear power plants on mountain tops. That would destroy

> another one of the "safe" weekend pastimes!

> 

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