Re: Iowa GIGO, not Cohen's "Fallacy"

[BERNARD L COHEN <blc+@PITT.EDU>]

>

> > But, remember, it was the Surgeon General who said radon is

> > the second leading cause of lung cancer.

>

> What Surgeon General and when, please?  I am afraid I don't remember any such

> pronouncement.



	--It was roughly in September 1988. Koop was the Surgeon-General

but he did not make the statement; it was issued by his office. It got

very wide national publicity and served as a tremendous stimulant to the

radon measurement business, albeit for a short time.



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