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A. Eating the pesticides on fruits and vegetables increases the risk of cancer.2. Which statement do you believe is more likely to be true?
B. Eating too few fruits and vegetables increases the risk of cancer. (57 percent of respondents chose A; 39 percent chose B)
A. Breathing radon gas at home increases the risk of lung cancer.3. Which kills more people in the United States each year:
B. Breathing the smog in city air increases the risk of lung cancer. (57 percent of respondents chose A; 39 percent chose B)
A. bullets from handguns; or4. The average American's chance of dying from heart disease in his or her lifetime is about 2 in 5. Do you believe this estimate is:
B. traffic crashes? (35 percent of respondents chose A; 63 percent chose B)
A. too large?5. The average black male American's chance of being murdered in his lifetime is about 1 in 7. Do you believe this estimated risk is:
B. too small?
C. about correct? C (18 percent of respondents chose A; 15 percent chose B;
66 percent chose C)
A. too large? (21 percent of respondents chose A; 24 percent chose B;
53 percent chose C)
B. too small?
C. about correct?