Re: Love Canal study(ies)

[BLHamrick@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 4/9/2004 6:10:10 PM Pacific Standard Time, 

NiagaraNet@AOL.COM writes:

Sorry to see everyone so upset with me once again for making a simple, and I 

thought logical posting. All I was pointing out is that whatever study(ies) 

thus far conducted have not come to a definitive conclusion. 

No study will ever conclude that something was perfectly harmless.  Ever.  

That's kind of the whole point that you seem to be missing.  One cannot prove 

beyond any shadow of a doubt that Love Canal did not cause even one premature 

death anymore than one can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that fairies do not 

exist.  That is the logical fallacy you cannot seem to grasp.

What should be of interest with the release of these findings is that this 

research is being conducted apparently by NYSDOH, again...Sooo (1). Will their 

own findings corroborate, or, (2). refute previous determinations? IF THERE IS 

A NEED for additional studies, that should say something about the confidence 

in previous work, wouldn't this be correct?

I believe that much of the information to be contained in this publication 

has already been disseminated preliminarily and informally at the NYSDOH 

web-site.  I don't expect any big surprises.  I look forward to reviewing it.  And, 

as I've mentioned before, if we've had to look this hard to find any increased 

incidence of disease, it's pretty clear there certainly was no "epidemic" of 

health effects.



Barbara