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- From: dean@vexcel.com (Dean Alaska)
- Subject: Re: The Criterion for Ecocentrism
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.181546.27924@vexcel.com>
- Organization: VEXCEL Corporation, Boulder CO
- References: <1992Nov3.205726.5358@ke4zv.uucp> <4NOV199217052654@pearl.tufts.edu> <1dbl2qINNjhu@gap.caltech.edu>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:15:46 GMT
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- In article <1dbl2qINNjhu@gap.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes:
- >In article <4NOV199217052654@pearl.tufts.edu>, ddeocamp@pearl.tufts.edu (DANIEL M. DEOCAMPO) writes:
- >>In the US, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment estimates 50,000
- >>premature deaths from respiratory or cardiac problems caused by air pollution.
- >>The American Lung Association estimates 120,000 deaths per year from the same
- >>cause.
- >
- >Both those statistics are pretty meaningless. Just HOW premature were the
- >deaths? It would seem to me that dying 5 minutes prematurely is a far cry from
- >dying 20 years prematurely.
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- Given that these 50-120 thousand premature deaths are probably spread
- over different amounts of prematureness, I imagine many die years early
- but it would be interesting to know the spread.
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- >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
- >
- >Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- >understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- >unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- >organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- >hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
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- dingo in boulder (dean@vexcel.com)
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