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From: crane@fortune.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Caffeine: Birth Defects and More
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Date: Thu, 3-Nov-83 11:01:49 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  3 11:01:49 1983
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Thank you for the information. 

There are are probably a lot of people who would counter these
arguments by saying that they really enjoy coffee and that it hasn't
hurt them and they have been drinking it for umpteen years. Fine, let
them continue using it. I don't think anybody could convince them
otherwise, and it's not worth the effort to try.

But, I wonder how many people drink coffee simply out of habit without
any idea of its potentially harmful effects.  Or how about people who
drink it simply because there is nothing else around to drink. It seems
to me that employers could be a lot more concerned about providing
alternative drinks in the workplace.