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Our bodies are good at filtering because those of our ancestors that couldn't, didn't reproduce. We could become equally good at handling lead if we just remove
by zbyte64 10y ago
Our bodies are good at filtering because those of our ancestors that couldn't, didn't reproduce. We could become equally good at handling lead if we just removed those pesky regulations.
- true_religion 10y agoHis two most prominent example are DHMO and Ceasers' Urine, both commonly known as "water". Yes, we are very good at "filtering" water, and have even managed to evolve to use this potentially harmful chemical as a biological cooling mechanism (sweat). Who knows what we'd be able to do with lead in our systems? I'm betting on protection against pesky UV radiation, or maybe kryptonite.
- pharrington 10y agoMy totally naive understanding of evolutionary biology makes me think we'd have to be much simpler and/or much lower energy consuming organisms to evolve considerably higher radiation tolerance.