Normally, the UN can kiss my ass, but.....
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And as for the stats, here.
Originally posted by RUE - here
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=18&t=31277
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BTW I know that a big deal has been made over the 'risk' of being a cop and why we should cut them some slack 'cause of all the 'danger' they face.
Doing some checking I found there were http://stats.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfoi_revised05.htm 110 'police officer' deaths out of approximately 864,000 (0.01%) http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/police/index.html, while there were 47 'underground miner' deaths out of less than 19,000 (0.25 %).
I really think those underground miners deserve to react irrationally at times, due to the severe risk they face on the job.
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Cops are clearly wusses.
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Farming has THE highest fatality RATE, mining a close second, and 'transportation' after that, but cab drivers weren't a searchable category.
And I swear the BLS/ OSHA go out of their way to make the figures hard to come by.
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Originally posted by FREMDFIRMA - here
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=18&t=31277
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Hey Rue ?
Found some stats for ya.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/26/pf/jobs_jeopardy/
Puts a bit of perspective on the so-called risk that the bluesuits milk every drop of public sympathy for - and nobody but the dispatcher, cussing the hole in his roster, gives much of a damn when a cabbie caps it.
Remind me not to go fishin anytime soon tho...
-F
Any more Faery Tales you need blown up ?
-Frem
It cannot be said enough, those who do not learn from history, are doomed to endlessly repeat it
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Ever worn a badge? NO
Ever faced a man with a gun, or a woman for that matter YES - man (actually a policeman, who drew a gun on me as I wandered out with my dish towel to view the aftermath of a car accident in front of the next door neighbor's house)
or watched while a criminal threatened to kill an innocent bystander YES
The ECMC ER and surrounding neighborhood (where I lived for a while) were interesting places. I've also personally been stalked (4 times), beaten-up (once), had my dwelling burglarized twice (once when I was home), car stolen (once) and vandalized (more times than I can remember), threatened by a drug-seeking patient, exposed to several types of hepatitis, AIDS, and CJD. No life or job is without risk.
OOPS. I meant 50x not 500. (typo) 
It's by percentages of fatalities in job categories. These figures were gleaned from the BLS and other official sources.
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"polio was declared 'eradicated' some years back"
Polio has been eradicated around MOST of the globe. However, there are some places where the eradication effort was halted leading to an increase in polio which was then re-introduced into previously polio-free areas. There are also some isolated and remote areas with endemic polio that is a special strain not well-covered by the vaccine. Polio eradication is still an ongoing process and expected to be completed in the near future.
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Kirkules
"The UN based on bad science, halted the use of the most effective insecticide(DDT) to prevent the "Malaria vector"(Mosquito)for 30 years. Maybe "killing" is to harsh, would you prefer negligent homicide."
When it comes to malaria:
"In 1955, the World Health Organization commenced a program to eradicate malaria worldwide, relying largely on DDT. Though this program was initially highly successful worldwide ... resistance soon emerged in many insect populations as a consequence of widespread agricultural use of DDT. In many areas, early victories against malaria were partially or completely reversed, and in some cases rates of transmission even increased.
Although the publication of Silent Spring undoubtedly influenced the U.S. ban on DDT in 1972, the reduced usage of DDT in malaria eradication began the decade before because of the emergence of DDT-resistant mosquitoes. In some areas DDT has lost much of its effectiveness, especially in areas such as India where outdoor transmission is the predominant form. Due to this DDT resistance, in Sri Lanka, parts of India, Pakistan, Turkey and Central America, DDT has already been replaced by organophosphate or carbamate insecticides, e.g. malathion or bendiocarb.
Criticisms of a ban on DDT often refer specifically to the 1972 US ban (with the implication that this constituted a worldwide ban), while ignoring that DDT has NOT been banned for public health use in most areas of the world where malaria is endemic." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT
In most of rural Africa, the UN is using insecticide-treated sleeping nets as the preferred method of malaria control. http://www.afro.who.int/malaria/publications/who_unicef_joint_statemen
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50x I can buy well enough, especially as it deals with percentages, not actual figures without regard to per capita. Thanks for the post.
Like I said, most of you on here bashing the cops seem to live in bigger cities, and probably Yankee cities at that, though Im guessing. And they do seem to have PD's with attitude enough to spare.
It just seems to me that bashing ALL cops based on the actions of a few is like declaring all cars bad because a few malfunctioned. People wearing a badge are just as prone to fear as anyone else, and they are just human.
Anyway, wanted to say thanks for the info, and like I said before, this isn't getting anywhere, so maybe next time I can bit my lip instead of winding up in one of these threads.
Hope you all have a great, safe, holiday season!
Bad_karma
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My uncle was a cop so I know not all cops are bad. But in the light of a few bad cops (and there are some really bad ones) one needs to have excellent policies. IMHO
Anyway, I hope you have a great safe holiday season yourself ! 
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Originally posted by rue:
Although the publication of Silent Spring undoubtedly influenced the U.S. ban on DDT in 1972,
DDT has already been replaced by organophosphate or carbamate insecticides, e.g. malathion or bendiocarb.
I've read all of this before. Just because DDT was improperly used was not a reason to stop using it for thirty years. Many pesticides are misused but the answer isn't to ban them its to train people to use them properly. I'm still not convinced that any of the alternative insecticides are as effective as DDT. I do think the ban in the US made sense because the risk out weighed the benefit here.
Of course I am biased by the fact that I'm still pissed off about the banning of Cloridane in the US. Went from being able to effectively prevent termites for about $5 to having to pay a professional $1200.
"Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, KU"
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1) DDT was improperly used in agriculture so it stopped working for malaria control.
2) DDT was not banned in most places outside the US especially for vector control.
3) "then you need to apply some of the handy chemicals out there that contain boron. Not only can you protect your house's lumber from wood boring insects like termites, beetles and carpenter ants, the borate chemicals also protect against fungi (brown, white, and wet rot) that cause wood decay.
The application of borate solutions directly to lumber is not really new. These chemicals have been widely used in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand for nearly 40 years."
http://www.askthebuilder.com/272-StopTermites-Soak-Wood-with-Safe-Bora
tes.shtml
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Thanks for the info unfortunately Borates are only effective when applied pre-construction. "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, KU"
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They can be applied post-construction but you have to be careful to apply it to all places.
http://www.prginc.com/Borates/boracare-table.pdf
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Thanks to you, HK, for trying. But it seems you were right. Those who most need to hear it aren't listening.
I'll just say this much. If any of these chickenshits uses a taser on me or mine, he'd better fucking kill me. 'Cause I won't be forgettin'.
SergeantX
"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock
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