Cancer Set To Be World's Top Killer - Rising Tobacco Use A Factor

[onehandle]

:popcorn:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3638209

[valerief]

1. Although I think everyone should quit smoking, I also think the rising use of

pesticides may be a factor, too. Pesticides on both food and tobacco.

[Donnachaidh]

2. and pesticides in the runoff that winds up in our water supplies

And the rocket fuel winding up in our water supplies. The list can go on quite a bit more.

[amdezurik]

3. darn it you are not supposed to blame anything but tobacco!

Didn't you get the memo that diesel fumes, pesticidses and others are NOT to be talked about?

[Donnachaidh]

6. yeah, but I decided to disregard the memo

It's good to piss off the one-issue wonders every now and then. :evilgrin:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. And lets not forget the sound of jackhammers.

[Bucky]

4. Well, what exactly *should* we have as the world's leading cause of death?

Is there some preferred cause of death you'd like to see displace cancer for the top honor?

[Winterblues]

5. Terra... Terra... Terra

Didn't you know three thousand people died on 9-11 from terra... be afraid, be very, very, afraid.... Oh and by the way that many people die from tobacco related cause ever two days..but that is no where near as profitable...

[Bucky]

8. Interesting statistic I figured out in 2001: 9-11's impact on NY state's death rate was...

... roughly the equivalent of New York having an extra day (actually, about 20 hours) in their 2001 calendar year.