arms and cancers

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3 total messages Started by Daniel Burstein Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:57

#1111

Author: Daniel Burstein
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 06:57

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We've all heard about the studies that claim to show that people who drive
a lot are more likely to get LEFT arm or facial cancers due to sunlight
(UV) exposure.
  
Only problem is, I can't find any of these studies anywhere.  Can anyone
in NETLAND point me to any??

ALSO, wouldn't this mean that people in the countries that drive on the
wrong,  oops,  I meant, other side of the road, develop these problems on
their right arms/face?

Thanks muchly,
Danny

dannyb@panix.com     dburstein@mcimail.com

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oh, btw, as a paramedic in NYC, I can, indeed, tell of personally treating
patients who had their arms severly injured when they were hanging on the
window and met up with a nasty event.

Re: arms and cancers

#1114

Author: Mike Campbell
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 15:33

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dannyb@panix.com (Daniel Burstein) writes:

>oh, btw, as a paramedic in NYC, I can, indeed, tell of personally treating
>patients who had their arms severly injured when they were hanging on the
>window and met up with a nasty event.

I'm getting the feeling I was misunderstood a bit.  (And I apologize if that
is the case)

I did not mean to imply that the mirrors or door handles offered any sort of
protection to the arms when hanging out, nor that arms never got mangled.

What I meant was that if the roads were SO narrow as to put fear into the
whole UK society over hanging their arms out the window, then the incidence
of missing mirrors would be higher.

Re: arms and cancers

#1130

Author: Robin Fairbairns
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 12:20

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In article <mcampbel.725384025@eola.cs.ucf.edu>, mcampbel@cs.ucf.edu (Mike Campbell ) writes:
|> I'm getting the feeling I was misunderstood a bit.  (And I apologize if that
|> is the case)

Me too.

|> I did not mean to imply that the mirrors or door handles offered any sort of
|> protection to the arms when hanging out, nor that arms never got mangled.

I only added the remark about protection (or not) by mirrors as a
"by-the-by".

|> What I meant was that if the roads were SO narrow as to put fear into the
|> whole UK society over hanging their arms out the window, then the incidence
|> of missing mirrors would be higher.  

As a whole, UK society does not suffer from fear and trembling about
arm-loss in motor cars.  I tried to make this clear.  I have a father
who tries hard to instill this sort of stress into society, but on the
whole, he's rather unsuccessful.  Even I have to be reminded (by him)
of the need to be frightened each time I drive with him on a hot day.

I'm inclined to think that this sub-thread has gone further than its
original import justified.  Sorry about that, folks (I started it ;-).
--
Robin (Campaign for Real Radio 3) Fairbairns       rf@cl.cam.ac.uk
U of Cambridge Computer Lab, Pembroke St, Cambridge  CB2 3QG, UK
"They had twelve years to lay in wait for us" - Bush supporter on Nov 4

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