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To: Grainne who wrote (11257)	7/17/1997 6:22:00 PM
From: JF Quinnelly	of 108807

>>Why do historical statistics from Pittsburgh need to be brought in? Because Pittsburgh was highly polluted 30 years ago and now is very clean. If there is any correlation between SIDS and outdoor air pollution it should show up in Pittsburgh. >>The data from the study I am talking about, after adjustments for all other known risk factors, determined that exactly as levels of OUTSIDE air pollution rise in cities, the per capita incidence of SIDS rises as well. What we do know is that cause of SIDS is not known. And it simply isn't possible to adjust for risk factors that are unknown. SIDS could be a genetic flaw. SIDS could be some unseen virus. If it is caused by something the infant comes into contact with, there are thousands of possibilities that are in closer contact with infants than outdoor air. Explain what the possible connection can be. Is there perceptible lung damage? Edema? What pollutant is causing the damage, and how is it doing it? The number of SIDS deaths is very small, and there is zero evidence that the statistical difference is anything but noise. >>I don't believe you have clearly stated that you believe air pollution is harmful. I also failed to state that I think nuclear bombs are harmful. Your demand is a red herring. The question has nothing to do with whether air pollution is harmful, the question is whether air pollution is lethal to some infants. We all know that heavy exertion for heart and lung patients is a bad idea on days when air pollution is very heavy, days which are dramatically rarer in 1990s America than in the America of the '60s. Infants aren't doing heavy exertion in the smog, and your side has to provide some rational for thinking there is any causal link. >>or whether you admit that not all infants spend similar large chunks of their time indoors. The burden of proof is on your side to show that SIDS victims have significant exposure to outdoor air pollution, it's not on me. You are the one making the claim. So where is your evidence?

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