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As a comparison, if a containment in the water supply caused 10-15 year reduction in life expectancy, that would be considered a crisis, and there would be outrage.

With a median yearly household income of $51,939, that's up to $779,085 you only get if you're rich.

I think his argument is that you've already retired at that age and it's to be expected that your live will end in a few years.

Unfortunately ageing doesn't tend to be 'some years tacked on the end', it tends to be literally getting older at a different rate.

So some 40 year-olds are physically 30, and other 40 year-olds are physically 55. (going by length of telomeres, physical fitness, etc etc). So these people that die earlier have a shorted 'prime of their life' as well.

Really? You wouldn't be concerned about your life being shortened by a decade and a half, then?