Re: cancer rates

From: Chris Hibbert (hibbert@mydruthers.com)
Date: Fri Sep 12 2003 - 00:45:05 MDT

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    Damien wrote:
    > Weinberg notes (in ONE RENEGADE CELL [1999]) that `Except for
    > breast cancer and tobacco-related cancers, the rates of most
    > kinds of cancers have held steady over half a century, a time
    > when environmental pollution has increased substantially.'

    Didn't Julian Simon provide plenty of evidence that pollution was
    decreasing over all interesting recent periods? Does Weinberg cite any
    statistics or studies to show that pollution was increasing, or is he
    falling for a common wisdom that has been shown to be false?

    Chris 

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