Re: Hazardous vs. Radioactive Materials

[hflong@postoffice.pacbell.net]

Dr. Bruce Ames, UC Berkeley Chemistry Dept (head?) presented toxic and

carcinogenic materials and doses to Doctors for Disaster Preparedness a

few years ago. That specific lecture and his handout ought to be on the

CD Rom. Inquire to jersnav@mindspring.com.



 DDP meets again in Phoenix, July 17.I hope to see you there, Barbara.

Cohen is one of the speakers, again.

 

Howard Long



BERNARD L COHEN wrote:

> 

> On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 BLHamrick@AOL.COM wrote:

> 

> > This may be slightly off-topic for this list, but I was wondering if anyone

> > knew of any specific hazardous materials (carcinogens) that are present in

> > the natural background, as radioactive material is, and what the "background"

> > risk levels might be for those hazardous materials.

> 

>         The following is from Am. Council on Science and Health

> publications:

> 

> . All plants contain toxic chemicals to protect them from their natural

> enemies. Many of these chemicals can cause cancer , like nitrosamines in

> beets, celery and lettuce; aflotoxin in peanuts, corn, and milk;

> sterigmatocystin in salami, ham, and wheat; hydrozines in mushrooms; allyl

> isothiocyanate in mustard, broccoli, and cabbage; safrole in pepper;

> tannins in coffee, tea, and wines; psoralens in celery and parsley; ethyl

> carbamate in bread, yogurt, beer, and wine; formaldehyde in fruits;

> benzene in eggs; methylene chloride in fats; coumarin in candy; diacetyl

> in coffee and butter; and flavonoids in fruits and vegetables. These are

> nature's pesticides, and per quantity ingested, they are typically as

> carcinogenic as man-made pesticides. But our food contains  10,000 times

> as much of nature's pesticides as of man-made pesticides.

> 

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