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Re: Re: OT...Are we killing ourselves...or what?
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Posted by buickanddeere on January 13, 2004 at 13:41:23 from (192.75.48.3):
In Reply to: Re: OT...Are we killing ourselves...or what? posted by rustyfarmall on January 13, 2004 at 09:20:30:
I would rather take my chances with a little extra background radiation than a cocktail of organic chemicals.
The mix of herbacides, pestacides we inhale and adsorb in day to day weed and insect control has to have an effect. If the stuff kills weeds and bugs, what is it doing to us? Plus it's stored in body fat for years.
Radiation dose varies from 300mrem to 7000rem depending in altitude, local radon gas and soil deposits of natural radio nuclides. Ever check a piece of granite, old pottery, a lantern mantle or a grinding wheel with a frisker?
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