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- From: rubinoff@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Robert Rubinoff)
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- Subject: Re: homeopaty... NBC's dateline
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 15:50:22 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.004108.6953@sci.ccny.cuny.edu> <1649@tdat.teradata.COM> <1992Dec22.223557.6777@panix.com>
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- In article <1992Dec22.223557.6777@panix.com> carlf@panix.com (Carl Fink) writes:
- >In <1649@tdat.teradata.COM> swf@tools3teradata.com (Stan Friesen) writes:
- >>It is my understanding that one *can* develope a tolerance ('immunity') to
- >>arsenic over time by taking small, gradually increasing doses.
- >
- > It's my understanding that increased cyanide tolerance, rather
- >than being an immune response, is the result of increased production
- >of (liver?) enzymes which detoxify heavy metals, stimulated by the
- >earlier doses.
-
- Unlikely, since cyanide is composed of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen; none of
- these are heavy metals.
-
- Robert
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