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- From: carlf@panix.com (Carl Fink)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: homeopaty... NBC's dateline
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.012537.8733@panix.com>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 01:25:37 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.004108.6953@sci.ccny.cuny.edu> <1649@tdat.teradata.COM> <1992Dec22.223557.6777@panix.com> <103062@netnews.upenn.edu>
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- In <103062@netnews.upenn.edu> rubinoff@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Robert Rubinoff) writes:
-
- >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
-
- Absolutely true. Of course, I meant "arsenic", as Stan Friesen was
- referring to in the citation above. Thanks for pointing out the typo.
- --
- Carl Fink carlf@panix.com, C.FINK4(GEnie), or CF427620I@LIUVAX.BITNET
- "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our
- inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter
- the state of facts and evidence" -- John Adams
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