XPost: phl.bicycles, pa.politics, ny.general   
   From: mcsnospam@yahoo.com   
      
    That was somewhat hyperbole.  However, you should not take any one study   
   > at face value.  There are, for example, lots of published studies which   
   > indicate no link between smoking and mortality.  Would you believe them?   
   > As a debating point, hollering about "studies" is meaningless.   
     David,   
      You call it arguing , I call it , making someone aware.   
       True anyone can fund a study and make it turn out the way they want by   
   carefully wording, or controlling  the  text and the way the criteria and   
   experiment situations are conducted, however one can usually find the real   
   truth by looking at who created the study, paid for the study and  the   
   obvious intent compared to the reality of overall situation . I think its   
   fair to suggest that when studies come out to protect people , its rarely   
   because they are protecting a trillion dollar industry such as smoking or   
   coal production .One can look at the way drug companies are targeting   
   people, the population health statistics  and other obvious effects from bad   
   air to get a better objective indication of truth. Considering the media   
   hardly makes anyone aware of the newer studies and considering how so few   
   stations even mention the quality of the air  and in fact  people at the   
   station call many days with moderate air quality , "BEAUTIFUL" , one can   
   easily objectively state,  there is no real concern to tell the truth ,if   
   there is no monetary reward for doing so. Its much more then that, since   
   there might be an actual decrease in viewers if stations  tell the truth,   
   what's not said is often better then what is said. This is sad because   
   people who live in those towns will die an excruciating death only because   
   the news media chose to ignore the recent studies and drug companies   
   targeting of its citizens and the reasons for it. If one can eventually sue   
   the TV stations and news media for doing a lousy job of informing its   
   viewers when dangerous conditions existed, (more evidence is coming in to   
   suggest that there is a connection between pollution and health over long   
   periods), then maybe more people might be ready to do more to fight the   
   conditions that caused it. When more and more people saw the connections of   
   smoking more people were able to stop smoking. Living in polluted air should   
   not be addictive and should be easy to help change , but we have to be aware   
   of the situation first.Doing the right thing from the start will benefit   
   everyone in the long run, making the air cleaner and thus people not wanting   
   to move or feel insecure about their future health. Having better health   
   will ultimately make our country and people and their resources they produce   
   stronger.Hiding the information will only delay the real implications of our   
   life, it will only try to delay what will eventually have to be done , make   
   millions of our families deathly ill  and suffer, and put a drain on   
   insurance and budget because some idiot chose a policy thinking its best to   
   deal with reality by lying or ignoring the real problems we face. We are   
   stronger , much stronger as a people , and as a world when people can   
   maximize their potential and overcome their problems by analyzing the   
   solutions and working on solving them honestly and living in a healthy   
   environment. Every break down of ignoring our health, ignoring the   
   implications to good health or that which is important , makes everything   
   else bad, that more likely to happen , like a chain leading to disaster .It   
   may be just one small link but we must learn to foster the right things and   
   links in making a difference in our lives. Don't ignore what is going on ! .   
      
      
   > > You see how many ads are targeted to   
   > > people in this region for asthma -allergies?  You think they do it   
   because   
   > > people think they are sick?   
   >   
   > Of course it has nothing to do with selling drugs.   
   >   
   > > It was better before? What part of more coal   
   > > production and more particulate don't you understand.?   
   >   
   > What I did say was that it is worse now than a few years ago, but if you   
   > look back further it was much worse than today.   
      
   David if  it was much worse : MAYBE , it was only because it was so bad ,   
   people didn't have to wait a few decades to see the effect, that doesn't   
   mean it something we shouldn't be working on right now to change. We have   
   more information now to make a difference sooner . Maybe one can suggest all   
   the SUVs and increase of cars and population and increasing our coal   
   production and increase in road pollution and the better studies are   
   indicative of a future that is just as worse as what was. To suggest what   
   was worse at this point while many people need more drugs for their   
   conditions is not going to cut it. It seems like either situation is bad ,   
   very bad and we must start to do something now.   
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