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Living near Costco causes cancer? A lesson in bad epidemiology
Summary: According to one recent cancer-risk methodology, living near Costco can be “associated” with thousands of cancer deaths — often far more than living near a nuclear power plant.
Key points
- According to one recent cancer-risk methodology, living near Costco can be “associated” with thousands of cancer deaths — often far more than living near a nuclear power plant.
- When a statistical model repeatedly generates positive associations without measuring actual exposure or identifying a plausible causal pathway, it may be detecting its own design rather than a real health hazard.
According to one recent cancer-risk methodology, living near Costco can be “associated” with thousands of cancer deaths — often far more than living near a nuclear power plant. When a statistical model repeatedly generates positive associations without measuring actual exposure or identifying a plausible causal pathway, it may be detecting its own design rather than a real health hazard.
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