Re: Newspaper article on Plutonium

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>]

On Tue, 16 Sep 1997, John Goldsmith wrote:

> The incidence of testicular cancer and of leukemia and malignant nmelanoma
> have been increasing as has prostate cancer.  Although smoking is the
> principal cause of lung cancer, it is not the only relevant exposure;
> asbestos, arsenic, radiation, and coke oven emissions are among other
> recognized exposures.      John Goldsmith, M.D., M.P.H.

> 
> On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Bernard L Cohen wrote:

> > 	There has *NOT* been an increase in age-adjusted cancer rates with
> > the exception of lung cancer which, it is universally agreed, was due to
> > increased smoking. I believe ACSH has a booklet on this subject.

	--What I meant to say was that if you discount lung cancer, there
has not been an increase in age-adjusted total cancers.