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Re: Access to Energy and Bernie Cohen

To: radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
Subject: Re: Access to Energy and Bernie Cohen
From: Darryl Kaurin <kaurin@mail.sep.bnl.gov>
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 09:10:03 -0500

At 11:17 AM 2/5/97 -0600, you wrote:

>Another comment is: "The conclusion (from Dr. Cohen's work) to be drawn
>is that, if you live in a home with radon levels higher than normal (but
>not rediculously high, which is rare), you have a lower than normal
>chance of contracting lung cancer."
>

I believe such a statement is called an ecological fallacy.  Dr. Cohen has
been careful to not make this error in his work.

Sincerely,

Darryl Kaurin, Ph.D.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Safety and Environmental Protection Division
Building 535A
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(516)344-3166
kaurin@mail.sep.bnl.gov

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