Re: Scrap metal recycling -Reply

[GACarlson@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/5/99 8:51:30 AM EST, MFORD@pantex.com writes:

<< How can you distinguish an annual risk from 10 mrem/yr from
 making a choice on which road to drive in the morning? (which
 probably carries a mortality risk a couple orders of magnitude
 higher). Or walking on an icy sidewalk? Or spending a day on the
 beach with no sunscreen? >>

One way is voluntary versus involuntary.  There is nothing irrational about 
choosing to, say, hang-glide and objecting to being compelled to participate 
in a 1-in-10-million lottery to see who gets cancer.

Glenn 
GACarlson@aol.com
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