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Article #5233Re: pesticides
From: dant
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1987 21:33
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1987 21:33
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Steve Walton writes: >One point about the original poster's comments about carcinogen >testing of pesticides: it has been pointed out recently that most of >the vegetables we eat produce natural insecticides, often very potent >carcinogens, which are present in far greater quantities than the >artificial ones. Two points about natural insecticides (carcinogens) need to be made. 1. Because humans have selected and bred for more insect resistant plants, the amount of natural insecticides in plants has actually increased over the years. 2. The natural insecticides are concentrated just in the plants, not spread indiscriminately about the countryside. --- Dan Tilque dant@tekla.tek.com or dant@tekla.UUCP
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!teklds!zeus!tekla!dant From: dant@tekla.UUCP Newsgroups: misc.consumers,sci.bio,sci.misc Subject: Re: pesticides Message-ID: <2207@zeus.TEK.COM> Date: Fri, 14-Aug-87 17:33:19 EDT Article-I.D.: zeus.2207 Posted: Fri Aug 14 17:33:19 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Aug-87 20:41:25 EDT References: <3620@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Sender: news@zeus.TEK.COM Reply-To: dant@tekla.UUCP (Dan Tilque) Organization: First National Security Trust Bar and Grill Lines: 19