[Throwin64]

Originally Posted by foxor

http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site...dPaE&b=2483603

I apologize in advance if I seem callous, and I have daughters aged 4 and 1, but I have a hard time taking this bunch seriously. After all, IIRC, they were one of the groups who said three years ago that using charcoal barbeque grills to cook food caused cancer. Remember when saccarine was introduced, and a number of groups screamed to high heaven that it was a cancer causing agent based on rat studies (never disclosing that the rats had been fed the equivalent of like 4 pounds or something of the stuff daily). The truth is that out of the realm of the obvious (radiation exposure, for example) NOBODY knows what causes cancer. Also, unless genetically related (such as chimpanzees and humans), what affects many animals does not affect humans, and vice-versa. Some of these researchers know the only way to stay funded is to produce the occaisional headlines, which they know they can always refute later by just saying, "Oops, I goofed, ha-ha-ha." Besides, this group released this news in February. Have you seen a rush by the general media to report it? As a final word, directly from the FDA report quoted in this scare paper.

"It enters the body when people breathe air or consume water or food contaiminate d with dioxane. It can also be absorbed through skin contact. It does not remain in the body due to its breakdown and removal."

"It is not likely to cause environmental harm at levels normally found in the U.S. environment."

My kids can keep using their Mr. Bubble.
Throwin