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Posted by The Ghost In The Machine on 07/03/06 15:00
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, plew@csus_abcdefghij.edu
<plew@csus_abcdefghij.edu>
wrote
on Sat, 01 Jul 2006 20:14:50 -0500
<slrneae7ga.3ah.plew@crane.li-po.edu>:
> On 2006-07-02, Stanislaw Flatto <compaid@shoalhaven.net.au> wrote:
>> studyandjobs@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> Computer Industry Workers May Face Cancer Risks
>>>
>>> http://www.studyandjobs.com/Comp_worker_cancer.html
>>>
>>> or visit
>>> http://www.studyandjobs.com/Cancer.html
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> .
>>>
>> Interesting?!
>> Last time I was in computer factory there were only automatic robots in
>> the hall.
>> Will have our sowing mashine (the one with the two feet pedal) x-rayed
>> just in case. ( We are both retired and on Medicare!)
>>
>> (Yawn!)
>>
> The "studies" would be more interesting if there was a comparison
> between the risks of getting cancer vs getting killed via an car.
>
> e.g. how many new cancer cases each year vs the 50,000+ killed each year
> in an "accident".
I don't know about new cases, but last time I looked cancer
mortality was running about 900,000 a year, according to
CDC stats (second only to heart disease at 1.4M or so).
It might have gone down some but I doubt it's gone down
to 50,000.
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