At 07:49 AM Sunday 7/4/2010, KZK wrote:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=left-sided-cancer-blame-your-bed-an-2010-07-02
"Exposure to the sun elevates the risk of melanoma, but the sun's
intensity has not changed in the last three decades."
Not what marketers of sunscreen and those who screamed for much of
that period about O3 depletion would have you believe.
"The futons used for sleeping in Japan are mattresses placed directly
on the bedroom floor, in contrast to the elevated box springs and
mattress of beds used in the West."
So where do they keep their junk?
"The first line of evidence they cite comes from a 2007 study in
Sweden conducted between 1989 and 1993 that revealed a strong link
between the incidence of melanoma and the number of FM and TV
transmission towers covering the area where the individuals lived.
Despite epidemiological correlations like this one suggesting the
possibility that electromagnetic radiation from FM and TV broadcasts
stations could suppress the immune system and promote cancer, the
strength of these electromagnetic fields is so feeble it has been
difficult to imagine any biological basis for the correlation."
So if true perhaps the rate in the U.S. should show a drop starting a year ago?
(And perhaps the tax on tanning beds that started the first of the
month should have been on regular beds, instead?)
. . . ronn! :)
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