vaccine and autism

high voltage power line and house

microwave radiation and health (esp men's)

cycling and men's health
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you know what? except the vaccine thing, i will side with those "rumors".

why?

simply because benefit-risk evaluation

vaccine is too important to discard (a recent "discovery" article summarized well) and the rumor against it is too weak. however, about the recent h1n1 one, i would rather wait and see, cause a health guy has good chance to recover from flu without help from it

but for the others? the benefits are too little (at least for me), even if "rumor" lacks credible evidence, the risk is not worth taking. our understanding of science is always a research in progress, you just can never be 100% sure.

buying a house: there are so many choices, even if power line house maight be quite cheap, i won't take this risk.

cell phone: even if it has absolutely no hazard issue, i still don't like cell phone, i consider it as a spy and restriction of privacy and freedom. only under certain situations would i use 1, say wife is pregnant.

microwave: i'll always try to be far from it when running, it costs me nothing and only can benefit me, if any

cycling: so amny exercises, why cna't i try other ways?