Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:20 PM 10/21/01 -0700, ternahan wrote: >Marc, > >There are multiple large, long term studies on the effects of second hand >smoke on children that show a definitive increase in asthma, ear infections, >bronchitis, upper respiratory infections and serious allergies...all of >which affect school performance negatively...some of which is due to >documented increase in the number of absences of children who live in >smoking households. No, there are not. There are studies which show that the children of smokers have ya-da-da effects. Do similar studies on the children of non-smokers. Do studies of rural families versus urban families. Do studies of families near pollution sites versus those in away from the same. Do studies of families in arid areas versus those in moist areas. Christ. When you guys get your act in order, talk to me. In the meantime, can it. You are conducting statistically meaningless studies and are attempting to impose your Puritan viewpoins on the American populace as a result. Well, do the homework -- you MIGHT be correct. But, before you harp on your victory, get the data together. Eliminate EVERY other possible problem. This standard is not absurd: it is the same standard imposed on every other challenger to every other chemical problem, and this is the standard which has been in existence for at least the past century. Prove everything, eliminate every alternative. Do this, and I will agree with you. Fail to do this, and logic dictates that I fight your foolishness. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html