Re[2]: Newspaper article on Plutonium

[Steven.Rima@DOEGJPO.COM (Steven Rima)]

     What statistics are these? I'm not an epidemiologist, but common sense 
     causes me to seriously question a claimed 45% increase in age adjusted 
     male cancer rates, EXCLUDING lung cancer, in ANY country in the last 
     25 or so years. If this is really true, what could possibly cause such 
     a huge increase in cancer incidence in Canada? Sounds like a terribly 
     unhealthy place to live... ;-)  (Sarcasm intended, please don't flame 
     me.)
     
     Steven D. Rima, CHP
     Manager, Health Physics and Industrial Hygiene
     MACTEC-ERS, LLC
     steven.rima@doegjpo.com
     
     disclaimer: I don't believe I need one, but these thoughts are all 
     mine and I don't really care if everyone agrees with them or not. :-)


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Subject: Re: Newspaper article on Plutonium
Author:  Brian Gaulke <Brian_Gaulke.HWC@inet.hwc.ca> at Internet
Date:    9/16/97 11:32 AM


Based on the Canadian statistics you are wrong.  Between 1969 and 1997 
(estimated), excluding non-melanoma skin cancer and lung cancer there has been 
a 45% increase in cancer incidence for males and an 11% increase for females, 
age adjusted.
     
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