Re: [Fwd: Naturally Occurring Carcinogens]

Craig Lanoye (lanoye@together.net)
Fri, 28 Nov 1997 00:27:16 +0000

Craig Lanoye wrote:
>
> Subject: Naturally Occurring Carcinogens
> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 16:20:18 -0600
> From: David Kendra <dkendra@mr.net>
> Organization: [poster's organization not specified]
> Newsgroups: alt.agriculture.misc,alt.sci.agriculture,alt.sustainable.agriculture
>
> More info and actually data can be found at:
> http://socrates.berkeley.edu/mutagen/center.pubs.html
>
> For Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA Classification: Medical Sciences
> Contributed by Bruce N. Ames July 17, 1990 Revised:
> August 15, 1990 (415) 642-5165 - phone (415) 643-7935 - fax
>
> II. DIETARY PESTICIDES (99.99% ALL NATURAL)
> (carcinogens / mutagens / clastogens / coffee)
> BRUCE N. AMES*, MARGIE PROFET, AND LOIS SWIRSKY GOLD
> Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
> Barker Hall
> University of California
> Berkeley, California 94720
>
> Abbreviations: MTD = maximum tolerated dose. * To whom correspondence
> should be addressed.
>
> ABSTRACT
>
> The toxicological significance of exposures to synthetic chemicals is
> examined in the context of exposures to
> naturally-occurring chemicals. We calculate that 99.99% (by weight) of
> the pesticides in the American diet are chemicals that plants produce to
> defend themselves. Only 52 natural pesticides have been tested in
> high-dose animal cancer tests, and about half (27) are rodent
> carcinogens; these 27 are shown to be present in many common foods. We
> conclude that natural and synthetic chemicals are equally likely to be
> positive in animal cancer tests. We also conclude that at the low doses
> of most human exposures the comparative hazards of synthetic pesticide
> residues are insignificant.
>
> Tracy, thanks for the original link to the parent site.
>
> Best regards,
> Dave Kendra

I'm sorry to throw more of this on ya'll, but I'm trying to understand
this from a sustainable prospective . This guy is throwing up posts
left and right claiming that we should be more afraid of our food than
synthetic chemical ag products. I think he is a salesman for Novartis
Seeds. If anyone can help with this, please do.

Thanks,
Craig

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