Comments on: Typical Labour: opinion is equal to fact. Ghandi feelink. All opinions are equal and some are more equal than fact.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:50:56 +0000

I know this comment doesn’t exactly tie in with the subject here, but I did hear about the “increase of cancer and asthma” because of the power station.

Well, back in 1985-86 (when I became a mother) I was told that the incidence of asthma in children had sky-rocketed ever since the government of the time had introduced mimosa trees. Can anyone verify that with statistics?

By: Election2013

Election2013 — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:47:40 +0000

In reply to Wilson. Tutto fumo e niente arrosto. The only way to be sure about the health effects of burning heavy oil is to carry out studies regarding emissions of sulphur oxides and particulate matter. High levels of the former and small particulates are indeed associated with an increased incidence of cancer (and asthma). Have these specific studies been carried out? No.

By: Wilson

Wilson — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:00:39 +0000

Malta at times has a very high opinion of WHO.

But on the other hand if not even the government of Malta made a case history of cancer population by local council area or otherwise how are all these numbers popping up?

On some whim? On door to door visits? If Konrad Mizzi’s observations are right, why doesn’t he or his party commission a study and do a GIS presentation with a case history of at least 15 years?

I am sorry, but very hardly wanting to be apologetic towards the deluded Labour voters.

You are being led by idiots on the eve of an election which could have easily been won by the Labour Party had your representatives kept their mouth shut and presented nothing. Now if the Nationalist Party wins you know very well whose fault it is!!

By: Madame M

Madame M — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:30:21 +0000

You know, Mizzi actually looks like a decent and intelligent guy.

It just feels like he’s been indoctrinated by the PL to dish out the same garbage.

He surely doesn’t come across as someone who’d go knocking on doors to fall for emotional crap.

By: Not Sandy :P

Not Sandy :P — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:32:14 +0000

Joseph Muscat’s opinion is more equal than two oncologists’.

Beat that.

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130115/local/Muscat-s-cancer-claim-for-Delimara-alarmist-.453366

By: George

George — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:17:26 +0000

With their simplistic reasoning on cancer, Labour are implying that when they finally get their grand project going, cancer will be eradicated from Malta.

That is one ‘simplistic’ way of looking at things.

By: FP

FP — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 23:01:50 +0000

Actually, he stuffed HIS OWN facts.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:57:46 +0000

The WHO report (quoted by both parties) says that there is no data available to calculate the burden of environmental factors (outdoor air quality in this case) on cancer rates in Malta:

http://www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/national/countryprofile/malta.pdf

By: Beauty and the Beef

Beauty and the Beef — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:54:02 +0000

It was at the tail end of Bondi+.

By: thehobbit

thehobbit — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:51:03 +0000

Dr. Konrad jaghmel id-dijanjosi u jsib il-kawza tal-mard bis-sistema il-gdida, moderna u taghna lkoll tad-door-to-door.

P.S. Din ma kxifniex qabel ghax bzajna li l-PN jiehdu l-ideja u imbghad jghidu li kienet taghhom.