In a message dated 6/20/2004 8:59:23 AM Central Daylight Time, Andy Driscoll writes: >>Of course, every agency and research institution in the world affirms not only the dangerous effects of second-hand smoke, but new evidence shows that short-term exposure to relatively small amounts of smoke is highly toxic to human health. You may start with the National Institutes of Health, the University of Minnesota and the World Health Organizations of the UN, then add the American Cancer Society, Heart Association and the American Lung Association plus every pulmonary and oncology organization in the world.
If you believe you have evidence refuting 60 years of increasingly solid research affirming the dangers of second-hand smoke - produce it.<< Actually Andy, that's not the way the process works. You are the one who wants to ban an otherwise legal activity; thus it's up to you to provide the evidence which supports your proposal. There's one little problem: you won't be able to. All of the organizations you mentioned base their arguements on the 1998 WHO report and the 1993 EPA report. In the case of the former, the report admits it finds at very best a weak and statistically insignificant link. With the EPA report, a federal judge found that the agency had ignored contrary data to produce a report which agreed with the agency's political motivations. In other words, they cheated. So, if you have good information, produce it. Otherwise, you're free to rant any way you like. But don't act as if the weight of scientific evidence is behind you, because it isn't. M. G. Stinnett Jordan REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
