On 07-09-97  10:55, Pat Bradley typed to Ty Meissner
  regarding: => MARIJUANA/MEN BREAST <=
 Hello Pat,
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 PB> (PS - liked your point about lead, in a previous post)
      The lead problem is far more prevalent than we suppose.  Not only is
      it in *most* pre 1960s paints.  A greater source is the particulate
      lead that contaminates the soils alongside EVERY motorway.  These
      soils are blown around by winds and spread everywhere.   We are not
      testing for this widely enough.  We do know that lead exposure can
      cause organic brain damage inluding that kind which contributes to
      anti-social behaviors.  Longitudinal studies, I've read, indicate
      the correlation that more individuals with elevated lead levels as
      children wind up involved with the criminal justice system as adults.
      I heard an interview with a 30 year cancer researcher from NIH about
      the progress in understanding the nature of cancer.  A very great
      deal of progress has indeed been made in this area, especially
      recently as result of DNA studies.  Its far too lenghty and complex a
      process to describe in detail but its very specifically dependent on
      the presence of certain coenzymes and absence of others.
      Considering the fact that many industrial chemicals simulate the
      actions of certain endocrine activators, I wouldn't be at surprised
      if some of these chemicals simulated the effects of oncogenetic
      protein messengers.   Research with breast cancers suggests a
      high correlation with certain toxins, including dioxin.
      All this just reinforces the importance of washing ones fruits and
      vegetables thoroughly and more importantly, buying ORGANICALLY grown
      fruits and vegetables.
      Though orthodox western medicine pooh-poohs the significance of diet
      in health, except for fat/carbohydrate/protein ratios, I'm onclined
      to attach a far greater importance to the old axiom, you are what you
      eat.
      Think of me as a double cheeseburger attached to a keyboard.  ;-)
      Actually, I really enjoy all the wonderful fresh fruits and
      vegetables available year round, here.  We have a very mediteranean
      climate here, plus irrigation.   When it comes to great local foods,
      northern California is hard to beat, except maybe by southern France.
      If you have time to read, here's a book I reccomend:
      TOXIC DECEPTION, the must-read book by investigative reporters
      Dan Fagin and Marianne Lavelle, is subtitled, "How the chemical
      industry manipulates science, bends the law, and endangers your
      health." (Available from Carol Publishing Group in Secaucus,
      N.J.: phone: (201) 866-0490; ISBN No. 1-55972-385-8; and see REHW
      #553.)
      Best regards,
      Ty
	 Ty Meissner	E-MAIL: Ty.meissner@grape.net
     I will sleep and dream like the air, and move like the wind, with 
assion
     when it pleases me.  The Universe is not up there... Its here, and we're
     in it, third rock out from the sun.   --  Peter Spiro
... .     Napa Valley California - home of world class wines.
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