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Old 18th Aug 2006, 20:10
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rhovsquared
 
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1. OSHA regulations require that ALL employees be given upon request the MSDS
sheets for all potentially hazardous substances, furthermore if you feel the need, you should be properly fitted for a respirator.

2. We are all exposed to carcinogenic subtances, and long term danger to such exposures in the modern world are very complex; is cancer more common nowadays BECAUSE folks generally live longer?

3 Is the 'carcinogenicity' of specified substanced affrmed through real world data' Look at the asbestos industry as an an example

4. Most hydrocarbons especially those with a aromatic constituents ARE carcinogenic

5. The human body is very capable of self repair [DNA repair enzymes for example] or via the immune system that according to Burnett's Immune surveillance theory [our bodies are continually 'making abnormal cells' but these are destroyed in 99.99% of cases

Eat right, excercise, sleep if you can and get your physicals in the meanwhile

To the Ramp on point-six
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