What are the odds of dying?
Intriguing page from the National Safety Council in the USA. Apparently, the chance of dying at some point in life from an external cause is one-in-24.
National Safety Council What are the Odds of Dying? Statistics 2000
Precautionary Tales
Life is a contact sport.
If you don't play, you can't win. Reining in experimentation carries the risk of not making life-enhancing breakthroughs.
This site is mostly a look at the dangers of the precautionary principle, and unfounded panics, through science and health news stories.
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Thursday, October 30, 2003
Intriguing page from the National Safety Council in the USA. Apparently, the chance of dying at some point in life from an external cause is one-in-24.
National Safety Council What are the Odds of Dying? Statistics 2000
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