Jamal Awil

← A Civil Action

There were fewer deaths from heart disease. [fact]

“There was, in fact, less deaths from cancer than one would have expected,” this doctor explained at his deposition. “There were fewer deaths from heart disease. I would begin to entertain a serious hypothesis that trichloroethylene in these quantities, rather than being harmful, is quite beneficial with respect to heart disease.”

Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action, loc. 1472