Re: Koop and radon

[RuthWeiner@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 2/1/02 8:53:44 AM Mountain Standard Time, healthrad@hotmail.com writes:



> I don't understand your point.  If it was made directly from him or his 
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> office, it had his support and blessing didn't it?  The EPA, The U.S. 
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> Surgeon General, NIOSH, The American Lung Association, The American Cancer 
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> Society, The World Health Organization, The Consumers Union, The National 
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> Research Council's Committee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation 
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> and The American Medical Association all agree that residential radon 
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> exposure is a risk factor for lung cancer.


Science is not done by consensus.

Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.

ruthweiner@aol.com