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Re: Cohen's Ecologic Studies



It is immediately apparent that there should be an investigation of water hazards by the Congressional Oversight Committee. And if we get the contract for the data collection, maybe we could play a few holes while we're at it ....
Cheers,
Maury                maury@webtexas.com
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Jerry Cohen wrote:
Ruth,    You may be on to something here! Another interesting observation on the toxic effects of Hydrogen Monoxide:  100% of all cancer victims have been exposed to water , and nobody who has never been so exposed ever got cancer. Maybe that doesn't prove cause and effect, but where there is smoke.............
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Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: Cohen's Ecologic Studies
Can someone explain this, please, in some way other than with statistics?  I have nothing against statistics, but they show correlations, not causes.  Looking at correlations alone, it is perfectly possible to draw the wrong conclusions about causes, as in  the following canard:

Q:what is it in a highball, a gin-and-tonic, and a scotch and soda that gets you drunk?
A: it must be the water, because they all contain more water than anything else.
 

Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.
ruthweiner@aol.com

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