Re: Scrap metal recycling -Reply

[BLHamrick@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/5/99 8:38:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, GACarlson@aol.com 
writes:

<< 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. >>

But involuntary risk never has just one side to it.  Industry creates jobs, 
day to day convenience, national security...The research supporting one 
technology spins off into other technologies, providing more benefits.  There 
is a cost to everything, and nothing is perfectly safe.  What we really need 
is a comprehensive policy in this country as to what level of involuntary 
risk is acceptable, because a zero risk policy will bring society to a 
complete stand still.

Barbara Hamrick
BLHamrick@aol.com
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