RE: Apparent anti-correlations between geographic radiation and cancer are no...

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

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Doug Aitken wrote:

>

> But unnecessary or deliberate exposure to hazardous agents - where the

> risk-benefit balance is not clear (and in this I guess I would throw

> man-made radiation) - would seem to be unwise.



	--Nuclear power causes a hundred times fewer deaths than fossil

fuel burning, and increses our radiation exposure by less than 1% -- does

that make use of nuclear power unwise?



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