[hang 'em]

"We show a total of 35 cases in a corridor band from Weeks Bay to Saraland. 35 cases in a population of approximately 61 to 63-thousand."

Statistically insignificant.

[shamusotoole]

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[sweet_diane]

Are you Dr. Sass? That was kind of the impression he gave on the news this morning.

Those 35 cases don't include those who have already passed, as far as I know. The typical time between diagnosis and death is only a few years. I'd like to see the numbers on all cases, current and not current, if for nothing more then to calm my nerves. Lot's of our seafood comes out of that bay.

[Lakeside]

"Statistically insignificant."

So true. The causes of ALS, or autoimmune disorders like MS or even cancer are WAY more complicated than an area or industrial waste. And what about people in years gone by who lived beside industries whose environmentally safe practices were all but non existing? Several posters say that all these diseases were almost unknown then. Or at least very rare. But we all want nice, neat, simple packages as answers to 'why?'. There is no easy explanation to these most baffling disorders. I'd just go for a decent med to ameliorate just one of the symptoms of these---pain. Tylenol just isn't cutting it. :-)


But paper mills? Mmmmm--no, I don't think so. Hot, humid, southern, insect infested clime? That would be more probable. All those moldy microbes wafting around ya know.