Re: Study Links Smog Increases to Urban U.S. Deaths

[Susan Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>]

Howard,



By your reasoning, it sounds like LACK of nuclear power can be linked to 

these deaths.



Susan Gawarecki



howard long wrote:



> Hot weather was closely associated with deaths and with smog, 

> in studies I evaluated in deciding NOT to apply for job of smog 

> control epidemiologist in LA many years ago.

>  

> Common cause - hot weather - rather than smog causing deaths?

> Air conditioning, "electricity too cheap to meter from Nuclear Power"

> would best prevent hot weather, "smog", deaths.

>  

> Howard Long 

>

> */Susan Gawarecki <loc@icx.net>/* wrote:

>

>     Imagine the outcry if nuclear power could be linked to even a

>     fraction

>     of this number of deaths annually.

>

>     Susan Gawarecki

>

>     Study Links Smog Increases to Urban U.S. Deaths

>     http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=398

>     November 17, 2004  By Michael Conlon, Reuters

>

<snip>



>     Ground-level ozone typically increases when temperatures rise. While

>     short-term increases have been recognized as causing jumps in

>     hospital

>     admissions, especially among those with chronic respiratory problems,

>     there have been inconsistent results from studies tying them to

>     mortality rates, the authors said.

>

<snip>





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