RE: Is it too late?

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On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 Jack_Earley@RL.GOV wrote:



> I don't believe the limits are appropriate; I think the more correct

> response is to state why they should be raised. $30,000 per rem comes out to

> what? $75M per life? UNICEF says they can immunize all the children in

> Afghanistan against measles for $18M. Stick that in your cost-benefit

> analysis.



	--There are many ways to save millions of lives in the Third World

for costs of a few hundred dollars per life saved. These include

immunization programs, oral rehydration therapy, mosquito control, etc.



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