We're all going to die, this accident won't be the cause.
This incident, and the panic over the CFLs etc has made me think about how obnoxious the world would be if we actually did cure cancer and all old age diseases.
Obviously trauma could still kill you, even if immortality is otherwise possible through ultra-clean living.
So everyone would turn into a freakazoid Howard Hughes hermit. -- more so even than we're seeing on this thread.
Cars would be outlawed for fear of fatal injuries. Air travel, nope. Allowable doses for cumulative toxins would be dropped to ridiculous levels. Product costs would skyrocket, and not just due to overpopulation.
Thank GOD we're all gonna die, though, which can give us some peace while we're alive!!!!