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Mad for risk at Harvard

By Christopher Shea

January 4, 2004

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WHAT SCARES YOU more -- flu or mad cows? If we were being rational about it, we would do some serious fretting about runny noses but keep munching on that steak. (Ratio of flu deaths to mad-cow-disease deaths in the United States last year: 36,000 to 0.) Nuclear power vs. sunburn? While Chernobyl caused 2,000 cases of cancer, mostly nonfatal, ... (Full Article: 797 Words)