The gist of Drs Ames and Gold's (et al) research is that trace and even moderate chemical exposures are not plausible cancer triggers. About half of all chemicals tested, whether synthetic or naturally occurring, even chemicals most prople are continually exposed to, will test positive as 'potent cacinogens' using the current metrics. Yet the age and discovery weighted cancer rate has been slowly falling for about 100 years. Jimbo > > > > http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/ppps/ma_reding_annex2.pdf > > Very interesting article. It seems from reading the article that testing > what chemicals are and are not carcinogenic is going to take a lot more > time and effort (i.e $$$) than before.
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Cancer/chemicals, Was"Plating thruholes"
2004-08-05 by jimbo_1490