[extropy-chat] Extinctions

[Martin Striz]

On 6/14/06, Robin Hanson <rhanson at gmu.edu> wrote:

> It was 15% in 2002, and is surely higher now:
> http://reclaimdemocracy.org/articles_2004/us_recordhigh_healthcare_spending.html

Very well, proves my point even more.  It's quite amazing how health
care costs have tripled in the last 40 years.  This study:

http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/3rd/pdf/thirdreport.pdf

Shows that pollution is down in that time period.  People are exposed
to less pollutants, such as metals, smoking related hydrocarbons,
pesticides, etc., and by no coincidence, certain pollution-related
diseases are down as well.

Martin