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- From: swf@tools3teradata.com (Stan Friesen)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: homeopaty... NBC's dateline
- Message-ID: <1682@tdat.teradata.COM>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 22:50:44 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 article <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, ...
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- |> Unlikely, since cyanide is composed of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen; none of
- |> these are heavy metals.
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- I think Carl suffered a slip of the keyboard - the original reference was to
- *arsenic*, which *is* a heavy metal.
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- And, so, yes, I think he is probably right about arsenic tolerance.
- [His statement is close to my original guess anyway].
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