RE: Food Irradiation devil's advocate

[M Nivas <motnivas@YAHOO.COM>]

  Just as you do driving a car - the problem being is

that statistics do not apply to the individual, but a

stereotype - and as a society, we deplore stereotyping

- RIGHT? let's get real!





--- "Feldman, Gerald" <gfeldman@MSX.NDC.MC.UCI.EDU>

wrote:

> Franz,

> 

> Statistics apply to populations.  Individual lives

> do not get shortened by

> "a few minutes, hours or even days".  They get

> shortened by years or even

> decades if you happen to be the one effected.  

> 

> In actuality, what you are doing is accepting the

> statistical chance of

> having your life shortened appreciably. 

> 

> Gerald Feldman

> gfeldman@uci.edu

> 

> 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Franz Schoenhofer

> [mailto:franz.schoenhofer@CHELLO.AT] 

> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 7:31 AM

> To: M Nivas; Rob Gunter; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Subject: AW: Food Irradiation devil's advocate

> 

> ... We call it in Europe "quality of life", which

> means that we accept that

> our life may be shortened statistically by a few

> minutes, hours or even

> days, as long as we enjoy life and food, whether it

> contains (potential)

> carcinogens or not.

> 

> Best regards,

> 

> Franz

> 

> 

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