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		caf on May 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is my dryer radioactive? It feels like this is something that should be easily amenable to statistical analysis. Large numbers of people get diagnosed with lung cancer; smoking rates vary widely and smoking is typically recorded in patient histories; typical radon levels vary widely with geography and are recorded / known. This looks like a near perfect natural experiment, no?

schiffern on May 19, 2023 [–]

That research was done. The results weren't what regulators expected (wanted?), so we never got to hear them.

https://youtu.be/xhkBLhw-8pk

Caveat: the interviewer strikes me as quite flakey, but his reactions highlight how grounded Dr Cohen was.

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