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[compn]

The Indian team connected the dots between soft drink consumption trends and the huge rise in esophageal cancer in the United States over the past 25 years.

i dont have a dog in this fight, but 10 seconds in google brings up the esophageal cancer statistics for the usa in a nice little graph. the graph says from 1988 to 2008, the rate of esophageal cancer has pretty much stayed the same. white people got a little more, black people got 50% less. http://www.cancer.gov/aboutnci/servi...esophageal.pdf . found on this page: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/esophageal . maybe these dudes have better cancer statistics? risk factors page lets you know exactly when and why you might get cancer: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/w...sophagus/page5. all that said, there is always this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene_in_soft_drinks . of course, living near/downwind of an incinerator or refinery is worse for your health.

[p1acebo]

i dont have a dog in this fight, but 10 seconds in google brings up the esophageal cancer statistics for the usa in a nice little graph. the graph says from 1988 to 2008, the rate of esophageal cancer has pretty much stayed the same. white people got a little more, black people got 50% less. http://www.cancer.gov/aboutnci/servi...esophageal.pdf . found on this page: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/esophageal . maybe these dudes have better cancer statistics? risk factors page lets you know exactly when and why you might get cancer: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/w...sophagus/page5. all that said, there is always this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzene_in_soft_drinks . of course, living near/downwind of an incinerator or refinery is worse for your health.

+1,

and all statistical data should be taken with a grain of salt. I am really sick of people citing ONE study, or ONE article to prove their point of view. Especially if they don't have a background in what they are talking about, right? :P