Use of words
Apr. 16th, 2008 11:01 amYou can always rely on BBC science reporting to give some unintenional laughs. From the web site article about the dangers of taking extra vitamins:
After various factors were taken into account and a further 20 studies excluded, the researchers linked vitamin A supplements to a 16% increased risk of dying, beta-carotene to a 7% increased risk and vitamin E to a 4% increased risk.
So vitamin A supplements increase your risk of dying to 116% then...?