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[Bob Rogers <brogers@xxxxxxx>]

"Paddy Apling" wrote?
>
>The "cancer epidemic" is a myth.
>Cancer is a result of DNA-replication errors - which multiply with ageing.
>More people now die of cancer, merely because fewer die of infectious
>diseases, and because of advances in scientific agriculture and medicine the
>average age of death is so much higher than in past ages.  Now, apart from
>accidental deaths, almost the only causes of death are heart failure and
>cancer.....
>
>Sandra Steinberger is also completely wrong - in fact pesticides are of
>extreemly little danger to anyone except the operatives applying them -
>there are far more dangerous "natural" chemicals in food sources than
>anything due to pesticide residue or any of the additives used in food
>"manufacture".  If food manufactureres had to list all the "harmful
>chemicals", including those "natural" to the food source the lists would be
>yards long.
>
>It was Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 1493-1541) who
>reminded us that "the poison is in the dose" (I can't remember the Latin tag
>at the moment) - i.e. ALL things are poisonous at some level - even those
>NECESSARY at some lower level. 

I donno, maybe the 'cancer epidemic' IS a myth, but you might want to check
out; Rachel's Environment & Health News, #755 - 'Paracelsus Revisited'
Part 2, October 31, 2002 at http://www.rachel.org/bulletin/index.cfm?St=4

Bob



                                           


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