ACTIVITIES THAT INCREASE THE CHANCE OF DEATH
 BY ONE IN ONE MILLION1

ACTIVITY

CAUSE OF DEATH

    Smoking 1.4 cigarettes     Cancer, heart disease
    Drinking 1/2 liter of wine     Cirrhosis of the liver
    Living 2 days in New York or Boston     Air pollution
    Living 2 months in Denver     Cancer caused by cosmic radiation
    Living 2 months in stone building     Caused caused by radioactivity
    Traveling 6 minutes in a canoe     Accidental drowning
    Traveling 10 miles on a bicycle     Accident
    Traveling 300 miles in a car     Accident
    Flying 1,000 miles in a jet     Accident
    Flying 8,000 miles in a jet     Cancer caused by cosmic radiation
    One chest X-ray     Cancer caused by radiation
    Eating 40 tablespoons of peanut butter     Liver cancer caused by aflatoxin B
    Drinking Miami's water for 1 year     Cancer caused by chloroform
    Drinking 30 12-oz. cans of diet soda     Cancer caused by saccharin
    Eating 100 charcoal-broiled steaks     Cancer caused by benzopyrene

1 Source: Richard Wilson, 1979, Analyzing the Daily Risks of Life; Technology Review, p. 45.

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