Ames points out that our test for carcinogenicity of feeding animals near-fatal doses of the chemical is flawed because, “High doses can cause chronic wounding of tissues, cell death, and consequent chronic cell division of neighboring cells, which would otherwise not divide.”
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Toxic chemicals in our environment
As we know from a previous post, Dose Doth Make the Poison. Brian Dunning explains why chemicals, natural and synthetic, end up being incorporated into our bodies; it’s something all life does.
Nullius in Verba 