Carcinogens at home

You can also avoid using clingwrap by storing food in glass and plastic containers, or wrapping it in foil.
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Would those be the same carcinogen infested plastic containers we were warned about earlier?

Without giving the actual risks most of this article is meaningless.
 
<moLe> said:
we are all going to die..damn our mothers for giving us the bottle as kids!
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There is always some scare or another. The article, as is typical in the news, gives no useful figures and no references. Something increases my risk of cancer? OK, by how much, from what to what? How much of my time would I have to devote to avoiding every single thing that might lead to cancer? For all we know exposure to these chemicals means your risk goes from 1 in a billion to 3 in a billion. Of course they'd report it as a 200% increase in risk which would make it sound really scary even though the number is meaningless.

Not exactly related, but worth reading.
Gary Taubes’ piece in the New York Times
 
Yea we drive around sucking fumes from cars, a few of us suck in fumes from cigi's why is this such a big deal.
 
We've been ingesting carcinogens since man invented fire and started charring meat.
 
Lol, I don't get you guys - are you saying cancer doesn't exist? Are you suggesting that there are no external factors to contracting it?
 
"Are you suggesting that there are no external factors to contracting it?"

Nope. We're just saying get off your ****ing cell phone, stop using your microwave, get off the breast-cancer-causing Pill and don't send your kids to schools where they have Wi Fi networks in the computer centers. Just do that before worrying about plastic wrap.
 
Aeron said:
"Are you suggesting that there are no external factors to contracting it?"

Nope. We're just saying get off your ****ing cell phone, stop using your microwave, get off the breast-cancer-causing Pill and don't send your kids to schools where they have Wi Fi networks in the computer centers. Just do that before worrying about plastic wrap.
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Or else just say "**** it", and live your goddam lives while you can.
 
general_koffi said:
Or else just say "**** it", and live your goddam lives while you can.
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I opt for this way of thinking yes. Life's too short anyway. You could develop cancer from a microwave then again...you could get hit by a PUTCO bus tomorrow.
 
PUTCO buses aren't a problem. The MAN ones though... they could really hurt you.
 
"I opt for this way of thinking yes. Life's too short anyway. You could develop cancer from a microwave then again...you could get hit by a PUTCO bus tomorrow."

Now you see, that is EXACTLY the mentality that got this country to the ****spraying fountain it is now. All the starving, AIDS-ridden millions, all thinking "hey, tomorrow I might be dead, so let's rape this girl, let's murder this guy and steal his money, let's vote ANC because they're giving out bread. Today"

And the BEE political leaders and businessmen thinking "****, I got here by being black, not by working hard, so what does it matter if I lose my position to earn a few bucks by skimming off the top, stealing taxpayer money, when tomorrow I might die?"

A gardener, or rather "landscape engineer", who gets paid R 3000 a month gets the chance to rape his owner and steal R 1000 because he gets that money TODAY. NOW NOW NOW, must HAVE! In fact, that is the mentality that caused the credit crunch. People not willing to work BEFORE buying. Rather buy and THEN work.

Maybe you're well off and happy one day, in your fifties, and would love to live another 30 years when, BAM, brain cancer or breast cancer and you're dead in a year, all because you were negligent or had a "don't give a **** about tomorrow" attitude.

Great mentality Serqet. I understand your argument but that is also the mentality that got the entire continent to its ****hole status.
 
Not really. Anyone who has spent any time reading health news stories will have found that first some food is deadly, then it's the healthiest thing you can eat, then it's deadly again. After a while it becomes clear that there are risks everywhere, so there may be no real point in worrying about your diet.
 
I piss on articles like this. Don't worry, in two weeks' time there will be studies done that finds clingwrapping food is actually healthy :rolleyes:
 
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