[499] in Vegetarian_Support_Group
Re: red meat and cancer (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Blackmore)
Tue Apr 11 17:53:20 1995
From: "Michael Blackmore" <MICHAELB@ksgrsch.harvard.edu>
To: vsg@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 17:46:48 EST
Chris (cglin@mit.edu) wrote:
> i;d check that article a little more closely...
> i;ve lived in china, and a majority of the people DO eat A lOT of meat..
So you knew a majority of 1 billion people? Just how long were you in
China? :-)
I'm betting you were primarily based in large cities. As I recall the study
was focused on a rural population in a particular province.
> who comprised the sample?
> it seems like they were very selesctive... or maybe they misinterpreted
their results.
> im a little skeptical..
Be skeptical, but I'd hardly take your claim based on people you know as
exactly contradicting the study.
- Michael
michaelb@ksgrsch.harvard.edu
