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Enjoy that cancer from burning and/or airborne plastic/arsenic/mystery material in 20 years. And which part of Oakland? That can be a pretty broad range of ri

by reeses 14y ago

Enjoy that cancer from burning and/or airborne plastic/arsenic/mystery material in 20 years. And which part of Oakland? That can be a pretty broad range of risk. :-)

rdl 14y ago
"You wouldn't download a new lung, would you?" (RIAA ad in 2033). I lived in a tent 200m downwind of a 24x7 burning trash dump on a former Iraqi and then USAF military base, for some time, so I think I've got particulate risk checked already.
- reeses 14y ago
  Ugh, yeah, I'd say you're, umm, covered. Edit: It helps that you're the CEO of your company. The risk profile changes a little bit. :-)
- ttrreeww 14y ago
  My condolences... I highly recommend eating healthy, otherwise your odd of getting cancer in the 40-50s is more than 30%.
  - kevinpet 14y ago
    Citation, please.
    - rdl 14y ago
      I believe there was some talk of a lawsuit: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/12/military_kbr_lawsuit_121508w/ http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/12/military_kbr_lawsuit_1... http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/lawsuit/open-pit-burning-us-military-facilities.html#.UV-dPqugnKA http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/lawsuit/open-pit-burnin... I don't think the situation was that bad. The one really unforgivable thing was shoddy electrical work in shower trailers (I think ~10 contractors and soldiers were fatally electrocuted while showering while in Iraq! I certainly got 230v a couple times and went through the reporting process, and actually got MPs and a friend from Contracting to turn it into a bigger issue.)
      - dredmorbius 14y ago
        Electrocuted while showering: WTF!
  - rdl 14y ago
    I think I actually hope my odds of eventually getting cancer are ~100% over my lifespan, because it seems to be a natural consequence of living long enough. I also hope that by the time I have cancer of any size, it is something you can treat fairly successfully.
    - ttrreeww 14y ago
      As long as they treat cancer as a profit center, a cure will never surface in the US of A. "Treament" is a multi billion (trillion?) business, a cure would reduce that to dust. Also, you should look up the agony, people would rather shoot themselves than take the "treatment"

by reeses 14y ago

Enjoy that cancer from burning and/or airborne plastic/arsenic/mystery material in 20 years. And which part of Oakland? That can be a pretty broad range of risk. :-)

rdl 14y ago

"You wouldn't download a new lung, would you?" (RIAA ad in 2033). I lived in a tent 200m downwind of a 24x7 burning trash dump on a former Iraqi and then USAF military base, for some time, so I think I've got particulate risk checked already.

reeses 14y ago
Ugh, yeah, I'd say you're, umm, covered. Edit: It helps that you're the CEO of your company. The risk profile changes a little bit. :-)
ttrreeww 14y ago
My condolences... I highly recommend eating healthy, otherwise your odd of getting cancer in the 40-50s is more than 30%.
- kevinpet 14y ago
  Citation, please.
  - rdl 14y ago
    I believe there was some talk of a lawsuit: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/12/military_kbr_lawsuit_121508w/ http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/12/military_kbr_lawsuit_1... http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/lawsuit/open-pit-burning-us-military-facilities.html#.UV-dPqugnKA http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/lawsuit/open-pit-burnin... I don't think the situation was that bad. The one really unforgivable thing was shoddy electrical work in shower trailers (I think ~10 contractors and soldiers were fatally electrocuted while showering while in Iraq! I certainly got 230v a couple times and went through the reporting process, and actually got MPs and a friend from Contracting to turn it into a bigger issue.)
    - dredmorbius 14y ago
      Electrocuted while showering: WTF!
- rdl 14y ago
  I think I actually hope my odds of eventually getting cancer are ~100% over my lifespan, because it seems to be a natural consequence of living long enough. I also hope that by the time I have cancer of any size, it is something you can treat fairly successfully.
  - ttrreeww 14y ago
    As long as they treat cancer as a profit center, a cure will never surface in the US of A. "Treament" is a multi billion (trillion?) business, a cure would reduce that to dust. Also, you should look up the agony, people would rather shoot themselves than take the "treatment"