From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sat Sep 13 2003 - 10:47:54 MDT
On Friday 12 September 2003 14:03, Robbie Lindauer wrote:
>
> Isn't the point that we will all continue to get older NO MATTER WHAT
> so the obvious course of action is to reduce the exposure to the
> cancer-causing agents. To do that will require a significant reworking
> of our political economy.
>
Obviously you reduce risk to mutagens to the degree that is possible given
all the facts and the full context. But it is a bit of a shortcut to simply
say X causes cancer. No matter what we do we can never eliminate all
mutagens. Thus if we want to guarantee freedom from cancer we need to go for
the lowest level mechanisms that are in part kicked into action by mutagens.
We need ways to boost the body's defensese and to dependably detect and
eliminate malignant cells. I disagree that any of the above necessarily
requires reworking the "political economy". It does require some new
technology.
> Is there something really THAT controversial about my claims here?
>
You have been rather combative and one-tracked.
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