Many Lung Cancers Are Now in Nonsmokers. Scientists Want to Know Why

Re:Many Lung Cancers Are Now in Nonsmokers. Scientists Want ... by dathinab on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @06:30AM (#44657601)

> so it's relatively meaningless to share individual cost-benefit analyses.

yes

1. it's very affordable to fix

2. long term exposure always adds a non negligible risk

so just fix it

I'm confused why people get hung up on a cost-benefit analysis which is pretty much always guaranteed to be a net positive. Either slightly or majorly.

And if it's a rented apartment in many countries you can force your land lord to fix it with a wide arsenal of funny things you can do if they try to refuse :shrug:

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Re:Many Lung Cancers Are Now in Nonsmokers. Scientists Want ... by zamadatix on Wednesday July 23, 2025 @02:43PM (#44662571)

What you quoted doesn't really agree with what you're stating, which is really "it's meaningful to share the cost-benefit analyses because they'll all say it's worth it".

The reason they will not all say it's worth it is because there is nothing "magical" that happens at 4.0 pCi/L. Whether that is the sensible threshold vs doing something else with your money is a very different answer for a non smoker who makes 35k/y vs a smoker who makes 250k/y.

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