Re: Help ! I'm confused (was Last Comment Re Electro Met Production)

["Richard L. Hess" <lists@richardhess.com>]

At 07:08 AM 6/5/2003 -0400, JGinniver@AOL.COM wrote:

> In this instance I
>
> think it is very interesting that L.H. Ricciuti states  "Keep
>
> in mind that Niagara was the premiere chemistry location of the time,
>
> perhaps in the entire world." 


Hi, Julian,


As I traveled through the region in the 1970s, my recollection is that

Lackawana, just south of Buffalo, was a major industrial area with lots

of stacks. My recollection is that it was a steel milling area. Also, my

recollection was that there was a high incidence of smoking.


The challenge we have is 

 (a) identifying if there is a true cluster of excess heart disease

that is

      statistically significant

 (b) if (a) is shown, then we need to find the root cause(s) of this

which

      may or may not be linked to ionizing

radiation

 (c) it is entirely possible that there are synergistic negative

effects where 

      one irritant combines with another

irritant to create a worse effect than

      either would alone.


Cheers,


Richard