[lbo-talk] putting quackery to the test

[Colin Brace]

On 8/8/06, Andy F <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/8/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> > According to this <http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2003/
> > results_merged/topic_inc_mor_trends.pdf>, cancer mortality rates have
> > been declining among those 64 and under in the US.
>
> Here are the incidence trends:
>
><http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2003/results_merged/topic_inc_trends.pdf>
>


> Pretty steady overall in the US, but thyroid cancer is up in women.

According to the NIEHS, incidence of childhood cancer has been growing
at 1% per year:

[...]

Over the past few decades, various disturbing trends have led
researchers to believe that environmental exposures are contributing
to children's declining health status in the U.S. Federal and private
health programs are just beginning to realize the extent of the
problem and to seek solutions.

Scientists are concerned that environmental exposures cause a wide
range of health threats to kids, including birth defects, cancer, and
asthma. According to a recent study from the National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), childhood cancer incidence has
risen 1% a year since the early 1970s, the prevalence of asthma has
gone up sharply, the incidence of attention-deficit hyperactivity
disorder (ADHD) may be increasing, a growing percentage of boys are
born with defects in their reproductive tracts, and the prevalence of
autism is rising dramatically.

[...]

full: http://www.rachel.org/BULLETIN/bulletin.cfm?Issue_ID=2320

Just as the higher the price of oil. the bigger the oil company
profits, the sicker we get, the "healthier" the medical-industrial
racket becomes.

-- 

  Colin Brace

  Amsterdam