Re:Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease
by dekhn on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @07:32PM
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Cancer has a fairly high incident rate in the general public, so anecdotes about people getting cancer due to industrial solvents is often suspect. Most observations can be explained by a combination of base rates, and social determinants of health.
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Re:Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease
by culi on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @10:00PM
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The link between TCE and kidney cancer has already been very well established though. The Parkison's is just a cherry on top. If we know this place is contaminated, then we know there's increased risk of cancer. Full stop
Re:Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease
by uoaei on Thursday May 18, 2023 @08:44PM
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Two extremely athletic high-school-age people die within two years of each other of mysterious cancers, with an obvious presence of cancer-causing chemicals, and you want to pretend that cancer statistics that are heavily weighted toward the older and more obese somehow have any relevance here?
Honestly I am quite disgusted at this take. How many readers want to bet this take is informed by more than a little implicit racial bias, these being Black men at a primarily Black high school in a primarily Black neighborhood?
Re:Widely used chemical strongly linked to Parkinson’s disease
by dekhn on Saturday May 20, 2023 @03:15PM
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Well, I was trained as a scientist and medical researcher and did my phd thesis on cancer drugs. One thing you learn is that many people see patterns in cancer that are better explained by random numbers.
See this doc, including the section "Some important points to consider".
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/understanding-...
You can be disgusted all you want but I think you're making an error.