Ryan’s article Yeah, it may be wrong… But oh well! Got me to thinking. One of the biggest arguments for the ban is to protect the workers. If this were truly the case you would go after the worst case scenarios first. Do they? This from a lung cancer site.
Scientists have found that many lung cancer risk factors are linked to people who regularly work around asbestos, benzene and silica from coal mines, and firefighters. Other lung cancer risk factors include working in the shipbuilding, pipefitting, insulation installing, tile working, welding, refinery, and sanding businesses. On-the-job exposure is one of the most common lung cancer causes in the United States.
We all assume certain risks when we take a job. Should we we be informed, absolutely but most of that burden falls on us to become informed. When the EPA came out with their fake study claiming that second hand smoke caused 3000 deaths a year were these jobs factored in? I doubt it! There is nothing in the report that suggests that they did. To put these statistical deaths into perspective (since no one has actually proven a death from ETS) in 2005 2.9 million people were injured and 42,636 killed in auto accidents in 2005. You have to remember those were real deaths not computer generated deaths based on weak statistical evidence. Does that mean that we should ban cars. Of course not. We are adults and as adults we are free to choose what risks we are willing to take, or not! If it weren’t for the welders of the world we would not have many of the modern conveniences that we have even with the risks they choose their profession.
So I guess the bottom line is, is 3000 computer generated deaths significant compared to 42,636 real deaths? Is the loss of freedom worth a very small computer generated number?
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OSHA seeks to reduce those risks thru measures like air filtration, not eliminate jobs as a ban does.