[ RadSafe ] uranium birth defect causation details

[dckosloff at firstenergycorp.com]

Mr. Salsman,

The authors and I all know the difference between cause and correlation.
Perhaps you should develop an understanding of that difference.  "No
evidence of a link" still means no evidence of a link.   Juggling the words
around and linking to other "no link" studies will not change that reality.
Try to become rational.

It was your assertion that there had been a study of "the entire population
of male GWI veterans".   There is no evidence that the survey respondents
were representative of the entire population of GWI veterans who had been
exposed to DU.   That is stated in the study.  However, the study that
found no link is corroborated by the other peer-reviewed studies that also
found no links.

All wars are voluntary.   I am suggesting that those who oppose the use of
DU munitions do so primarily because they want to see more dead American
soldiers.  I have seen no evidence to the contrary.

Don Kosloff
Perry OH and Shippingport PA




                                                                                                                                       
                      James Salsman                                                                                                    
                      <james at bovik.org>        To:       dckosloff at firstenergycorp.com                                                 
                                               cc:       radsafe at radlab.nl, fred-dawson at blueyonder.co.uk                               
                      04/14/2005 07:01         Subject:  Re: [ RadSafe ] uranium birth defect causation details                        
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Don Kosloff wrote:

> "Conclusion We found no evidence for a link between paternal deployment
to
> the Gulf war and increased risk of stillbirth, chromosomal malformations,
> or congenital syndromes."

The authors spoke of a causal link seperate from the correlations they
found at

> Also, the study was not for "the entire population of male GWI veterans"
> only a small subset and there was no information on exposure to DU.

There is no vidence that the survey respondents do not comprise a
representative cross-section, and the results are corroborated by
the other peer-reviewed studies using complete medical record databases.

>... your mining techniques will be appreciated by those political cohorts
who
> would have preferred that the GWI veterans instead fathered no children
by
> virtue of having been equipped with less effective anti-tank weapons.

Are you suggesting that any war in which uranium munitions have
been used was not a war of choice on the part of the users of
those munitions?

Sincerely,
James Salsman






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