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Posted by plew on 07/03/06 15:50
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On 2006-07-03, The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote:
> 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.
>
Will have to check as the numbers for the mortality by cancer you gave is
much more than what I've seen/read even if it includes all countries.
From what I've noticed, it seems to me that some numbers are double counted
for the various illnesses, diseases & etc.
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