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Article #515Re: biotech weapons
From: John Ladasky;1021 Solano No. 2;5...
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1989 01:54
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 1989 01:54
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Is this really a responsible thing to be discussing?
Well, fine, here's my $.02...
With respect to tetracycline; it is used as an anti-acne agent in
humans and is administered orally. So much for a biotech weapon. However,
it does cause an increased tendency to sunburn.
I've also been told that tetracycline is very effective against
several common venereal diseases (presumably bacterial), and that a proposal
to administer tetracycline to pre-teen Americans was considered in the
1950's by the Federal government. The proposal was killed by a coalition
of Christian groups who didn't like the premarital sex implications of the
proposal...
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